Subj : Re: Ethernet HW address on linux
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Larry I Smith
Date : Tue Jul 27 2004 04:24 pm

Pushkar Naik wrote:
> 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

Hmm, why not just accept/interpret the null string to
mean 'no ethernet card' (i.e a null string is the same
as 000000000000)?

Assuming 000000000000 for "no card" will NOT work across
multiple OS's (not just Linux).  That's highly
Windows-specific.

Larry

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