How to get the local mac address?

[Steve Holden]

bonono at gmail.com wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
> 
>>bonono at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>Steve Holden wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Why should you want to associate a MAC address with a socket? Each
>>>>interface has an IP address, and it's that you should be using.
>>>
>>>Say for example I want to find out the MAC if a particular interface in
>>>python.
>>>
>>
>>When you are asked "why would you want to do something" it isn't
>>normally considered sufficient to reply "suppose I want to do
>>something". I'm still trying to find out what use case (apart from
>>curiosity) drives this need to know.
>>
> 
> That is nothing but curiosity of why there is no such thing. I didn't
> start a thread with "what the xyz@!% hell that I cannot get MAC address
> through the socket module".
> 
> And I answer things the way I want to, if it does fit your expected
> answer, there is nothing I can do. I am not here to convince you.
> 
Temper, temper.

regards
  Steve
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