Provides the Media Access Control (MAC) address for a network interface (adapter).
Declaration Syntax| C# | Visual Basic |
public class PhysicalAddress
Public Class PhysicalAddress
Members| All Members | Constructors | Methods | Fields | ||
| Icon | Member | Description |
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 | PhysicalAddress(array<Byte>[]()[][]) |
Initializes a new instance of the PhysicalAddress class.
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| Equals(Object) |
Compares two PhysicalAddress instances.
(Overrides Object.Equals(Object).) |
 | Finalize()()()() |
Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection.
(Inherited from Object.) |
| GetAddressBytes()()()() |
Returns the address of the current instance.
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| GetHashCode()()()() |
Returns the hash value of a physical address.
(Overrides Object.GetHashCode()()()().) |
| GetType()()()() |
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.) |
| MemberwiseClone()()()() |
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.) |
  | None |
Returns a new PhysicalAddress instance with a zero length address.
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| Parse(String) |
Parses the specified String and stores its contents as the address bytes of the PhysicalAddress returned by this method.
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| ToString()()()() |
Returns the String representation of the address of this instance.
(Overrides Object.ToString()()()().) |
RemarksEquivalent to System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress
The MAC address, or physical address, is a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node, such as a computer or printer, on a network. Instances of this class are returned by the GetPhysicalAddress()()()() method. Inheritance Hierarchy| Object | |
 | PhysicalAddress |