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ndurvasula
ndurvasula

Reputation: 185

Find my computer's MAC address with python

Using the function I found from a forum/thread(listed below), I can find the MAC address of my computer in python. However, this function returns the wrong MAC address. This computer has an ethernet and Wireless lan adapter. The computer I am using uses the Wireless LAN adapter. How do I find what MAC the computer is using and what the the Physical Address(MAC) of that adapter is?

This is the code I found that returns the incorrect MAC:

def get_mac():
    import uuid
    return str(':'.join(['{:02x}'.format((uuid.getnode() >> i) & 0xff) for i in range(0,8*6,8)][::-1])).upper()

If any more information is necessary, please post a comment and I will add what I can

Thank you!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6117

Answers (2)

govorox
govorox

Reputation: 21

If you're using Linux you can find the list of adapters here: /sys/class/net/

And read the MAC address of a specific interface, for example eth0, like this:

with open('/sys/class/net/eth0/address') as f:
    mac = f.read()

Upvotes: 2

PersianGulf
PersianGulf

Reputation: 2935

from uuid import getnode as get_mac
mac = get_mac()

Note: Please consdier may be it return octet or decimal and you watch hex in output of ifconfig

Upvotes: 1

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