MAC ADDRESS USING PHP - IP

Hi all,
is there a method to retrieve macaddress using php on apache server?
At the moment I use cookies & IP addresso log but I'm not satisfied...
Thanks for your help, Gian.

P.S.
Will a script like these: http://forums.devarticles.com/t1846/s.html be
useful?

O.T.
Someone that knows Java (script) could tell me if exists a class (no
installation) for this purpose?

Gian wrote:

> Hi all,
> is there a method to retrieve macaddress using php on apache server?
> At the moment I use cookies & IP addresso log but I'm not satisfied...
> Thanks for your help, Gian.
>

No - because the application only sees the IP address. You could ask the OS
what it thinks...somthing like:

$arp= `/sbin/arp $_SERVER['remote_addr']`;

but remember you'll only see the MAC addresses of machines on your LAN.

C.

Not without hacking - MAC addresses are not visible to the outside world
(your script is part of 'outside world').

Regards,

Anze

Gian wrote:

> Hi all,
> is there a method to retrieve macaddress using php on apache server?
> At the moment I use cookies & IP addresso log but I'm not satisfied...
> Thanks for your help, Gian.
>
> P.S.
> Will a script like these: http://forums.devarticles.com/t1846/s.html be
> useful?
>
> O.T.
> Someone that knows Java (script) could tell me if exists a class (no
> installation) for this purpose?