Sys\_GetMac

VB Scripting Library > OSD Scripting Library > System functions (OSD)

Sys_GetMac(sIP)

Tries to resolve the Mac address for the given IP by ping and ARP cache lookup.
If successfull, the MAC address is returned in gsValue, otherwise gsValue returns empty string.

Arguments

ARGUMENT	DESCRIPTION	TYPE
sIP	The IP address to resolve into a mac address	String

Return Type

Boolean, TRUE if function completed successfully.

Remarks

Example

The following example will try to resolve the mac address for the default gateway.

Private Function IncludeScript(sScriptFile)
 '...
End Function

'Begin
  bStatus=True
  If bStatus Then bStatus=IncludeScript("customlib.cis")
  If bStatus Then bStatus=IncludeLibrary("Capalib.cin")
  If bStatus Then bStatus=IncludeLibrary("Osdlib.cin")
  If bStatus Then bStatus=Job_Start("WS","Script Name","1.0","ScriptName.log","INSTALL")
  If bStatus Then bStatus=OSD_Initialize()

  If bStatus Then bStatus=Net_GetAdapterInfo()
  If bStatus Then bStatus=Reg_GetString("HKLM","SOFTWARE\CapaSystems\CapaInstaller\Client\Inv","DefaultGateway",false)
  If bStatus and gsValue <> "" Then sGatewayIP=gsValue
  If bStatus Then bStatus=Sys_GetMac(sGatewayIP)
  If bStatus and gsValue <> "" Then bStatus=Dialog_ShowInformation("Your default gateways mac address is: " & gsValue)

  Job_End(bStatus)
'End main

See Also

Scripting Guidelines, Net_GetAdapterInfo, Dialog_ShowInformation