Formatting MAC address in C#

Question

In my C# application, I want to get my MAC address by using NetworkInterface class as the following:

NetworkInterface nic in NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()
{
    mac = nic.GetPhysicalAddress()
}

But this code returns the MAC without ':' or any other separator.

How can I retrieve the MAC in this format: 88:88:88:88:87:88 using the code above ONLY?

Answer 1

try

mac = string.Join (":", (from z in nic.GetPhysicalAddress().GetAddressBytes() select z.ToString ("X2")).ToArray());

Answer 2

The help for the command shows one way:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.networkinformation.physicaladdress.aspx

    PhysicalAddress address = adapter.GetPhysicalAddress();
    byte[] bytes = address.GetAddressBytes();
    for(int i = 0; i< bytes.Length; i++)
    {
        // Display the physical address in hexadecimal.
        Console.Write("{0}", bytes[i].ToString("X2"));
        // Insert a hyphen after each byte, unless we are at the end of the 
        // address.
        if (i != bytes.Length -1)
        {
             Console.Write("-");
        }
    }
    Console.WriteLine();