How to read mac address using Asp.Net C#,VB ?

Introduction:  In previous articles i explained How to get IP Address of the client using asp.net  and Get city, state and country based on zip code using Googlemap API in asp.net and  Add meta description, meta keywords tags from code behind in asp.net and Get Title, Description and Keywords Meta tags from URL in asp.net  and  Turn off browser autocomplete feature in textbox in asp.net

Description: In this article i have explained how to get/read/fetch MAC Address of the client using asp.net. It is sometimes required to read the MAC address of the client to know from where the visitors are coming to your website or for other purpose as per application requirement. 

Implementation: Let's understand by practical implementation.


Asp.Net C# Code to get/read mac address of the client

First of all include following namespaces:

using System;

using System.Management;

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

            string MacAddress = GetMACAddress();

     Response.Write("Mac addess is : " + MacAddress);

    }

public string GetMACAddress()

    {

        ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");

        ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();

        string MACAddress = String.Empty;

        foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)

        {

            if (MACAddress == String.Empty) 

            {

                if ((bool)mo["IPEnabled"] == true) MACAddress = mo["MacAddress"].ToString();

            }

            mo.Dispose();

        }

        MACAddress = MACAddress.Replace(":", "");

        return MACAddress;

    }

Asp.Net VB Code to get/read mac address of the client

First of all import following namespaces:

imports System

imports System.Management

  Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

        Dim MacAddress As String = GetMACAddress()

        Response.Write("Mac addess is : " & MacAddress)

    End Sub

    Public Function GetMACAddress() As String

        Dim mc As New ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration")

        Dim moc As ManagementObjectCollection = mc.GetInstances()

        Dim MACAddress As String = [String].Empty

        For Each mo As ManagementObject In moc

            If MACAddress = [String].Empty Then

                If CBool(mo("IPEnabled")) = True Then

                    MACAddress = mo("MacAddress").ToString()

                End If

            End If

            mo.Dispose()

        Next

        MACAddress = MACAddress.Replace(":", "")

        Return MACAddress

    End Function

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