PhysicalAddress(Byte[]) Constructor

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net.NetworkInformation

Assembly:

System.Net.NetworkInformation.dll

Source:

PhysicalAddress.cs

Initializes a new instance of the PhysicalAddress class.

public:
 PhysicalAddress(cli::array <System::Byte> ^ address);

public PhysicalAddress (byte[] address);

new System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress : byte[] -> System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress

Public Sub New (address As Byte())

Parameters

address

Byte[]

A Byte array containing the address.

Examples

The following code example creates a new PhysicalAddress object.

array<PhysicalAddress^>^ StoreNetworkInterfaceAddresses()
{
   IPGlobalProperties^ computerProperties = IPGlobalProperties::GetIPGlobalProperties();
   array<NetworkInterface^>^nics = NetworkInterface::GetAllNetworkInterfaces();
   if ( nics == nullptr || nics->Length < 1 )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( L"  No network interfaces found." );
      return nullptr;
   }

   array<PhysicalAddress^>^ addresses = gcnew array<PhysicalAddress^>(nics->Length);
   int i = 0;
   IEnumerator^ myEnum2 = nics->GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnum2->MoveNext() )
   {
      NetworkInterface^ adapter = safe_cast<NetworkInterface^>(myEnum2->Current);
      IPInterfaceProperties^ properties = adapter->GetIPProperties();
      PhysicalAddress^ address = adapter->GetPhysicalAddress();
      array<Byte>^bytes = address->GetAddressBytes();
      PhysicalAddress^ newAddress = gcnew PhysicalAddress( bytes );
      addresses[ i++ ] = newAddress;
   }

   return addresses;
}

public static PhysicalAddress[]? StoreNetworkInterfaceAddresses()
{
    IPGlobalProperties computerProperties = IPGlobalProperties.GetIPGlobalProperties();
    NetworkInterface[] nics = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces();
    if (nics == null || nics.Length < 1)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("  No network interfaces found.");
        return null;
    }

    PhysicalAddress[] addresses = new PhysicalAddress[nics.Length];
    int i = 0;
    foreach (NetworkInterface adapter in nics)
    {
        IPInterfaceProperties properties = adapter.GetIPProperties();
        PhysicalAddress address = adapter.GetPhysicalAddress();
        byte[] bytes = address.GetAddressBytes();
        PhysicalAddress newAddress = new PhysicalAddress(bytes);
        addresses[i++] = newAddress;
    }
    return addresses;
}

Remarks

In common scenarios, applications do not need to call this constructor; instances of this class are returned by the GetPhysicalAddress method.

Note that you can also use the Parse method to create a new instance of PhysicalAddress.