fc.net

Class NIC

java.lang.Object

fc.net.NIC

public class NIC
extends Object

Network Interface Card related utility methods. Many of these methods are specific to ethernet type nic's.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	NIC.NICInfo Contains information about IP addresses and the associated interface names and MAC address.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NIC()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Map	getMAC() Returns a Map containing an IP address as the key and a NIC.NICInfo object as the value.
static void	main(String[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NIC

public NIC()

Method Detail

getMAC

public static Map getMAC()

Returns a Map containing an IP address as the key and a NIC.NICInfo object as the value. Returns null if the platform type is not supported.

Note 1: Requires a NT based system (NT, 2000, XP or later) if running on windows. (this call will not work for lesser versions of windows).
Note 2: An english locale is needed for this method to work properly (because we parse for certain english words to extract the results).

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws Exception

Throws:

Exception