Subj : Ethernet HW address on linux
To   : comp.os.linux
From : pushkar.naik
Date : Tue Jul 27 2004 08:00 am

Hello,
      I'm working with an application that tries to detect the
ethernet hw address of the machine for validating a user. My PC does
not have an ethernet card. So
when the application querries, linux returns a null string, and the
applications fails to run.
The same application on same PC on windows works fine because windows
returns the ethernet id as 000000000000 and not a null string.

Is there any way i can make linux return the ethernet id as
000000000000 when the ethernet card is not present on the machine ?

I guess virtual ethernet adaptor could be one possible way, can
someone give me a step by step procedure for going about using this
method, if this is the best solution.

Thanx in advance.

Regards,
Pushkar

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