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Gets the MAC Address of your WiFi shield
WiFi.macAddress(mac);
mac: a 6 byte array to hold the MAC address
byte array : 6 bytes representing the MAC address of your shield
#include <SPI.h>
#include <WiFi.h>
char ssid[
]
=
"yourNetwork"
; // the name of your network
int status = WL_IDLE_STATUS; // the Wifi radio's status
byte mac[
6
]
; // the MAC address of your Wifi shield
void
setup
(
)
{
Serial.begin
(
9600
)
;
status = WiFi.begin
(ssid)
;
if
( status != WL_CONNECTED)
{
Serial.println
(
"Couldn't get a wifi connection"
)
;
while
(
true
)
;
}
// if you are connected, print your MAC address:
else
{
WiFi.macAddress
(mac)
;
Serial.print
(
"MAC: "
)
;
Serial.print
(mac[
5
]
,
HEX
)
;
Serial.print
(
":"
)
;
Serial.print
(mac[
4
]
,
HEX
)
;
Serial.print
(
":"
)
;
Serial.print
(mac[
3
]
,
HEX
)
;
Serial.print
(
":"
)
;
Serial.print
(mac[
2
]
,
HEX
)
;
Serial.print
(
":"
)
;
Serial.print
(mac[
1
]
,
HEX
)
;
Serial.print
(
":"
)
;
Serial.println
(mac[
0
]
,
HEX
)
;
}
}
void
loop
(
)
{
}
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