/**
* Returns MAC address of the given interface name.
* @param interfaceName eth0, wlan0 or NULL=use first interface
* @return mac address or empty string
*/
public static String getMACAddress(String interfaceName) {
try {
List<NetworkInterface> interfaces = Collections.list(NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces());
for (NetworkInterface intf : interfaces) {
if (interfaceName != null) {
if (!intf.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(interfaceName)) continue;
}
byte[] mac = intf.getHardwareAddress();
if (mac==null) return "";
StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
for (int idx=0; idx<mac.length; idx++)
buf.append(String.format("%02X:", mac[idx]));
if (buf.length()>0) buf.deleteCharAt(buf.length()-1);
return buf.toString();
}
} catch (Exception ex) { } // for now eat exceptions
return "";
/*try {
// this is so Linux hack
return loadFileAsString("/sys/class/net/" +interfaceName + "/address").toUpperCase().trim();
} catch (IOException ex) {
return null;
}*/
}
public static String getIPAddress(boolean useIPv4) {
try {
List<NetworkInterface> interfaces = Collections.list(NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces());
for (NetworkInterface intf : interfaces) {
List<InetAddress> addrs = Collections.list(intf.getInetAddresses());
for (InetAddress addr : addrs) {
if (!addr.isLoopbackAddress()) {
String sAddr = addr.getHostAddress();
//boolean isIPv4 = InetAddressUtils.isIPv4Address(sAddr);
boolean isIPv4 = sAddr.indexOf(':')<0;
if (useIPv4) {
if (isIPv4)
return sAddr;
} else {
if (!isIPv4) {
int delim = sAddr.indexOf('%'); // drop ip6 zone suffix
return delim<0 ? sAddr.toUpperCase() : sAddr.substring(0, delim).toUpperCase();
}
}
}
}
}
} catch (Exception ex) { } // for now eat exceptions
return "";
}