Retrieve the mac address of a remote pc Qt C++

Question

I just want to know how to get the mac address of a remote computer.

void LocateAddress()
{
    QString host = "192.168.1.1";

    .....function for getting the mac address....

}

Is there a way to create a function that retrieves the Mac Address of a remote pc??? Using ng Windows OS

Answer 1

Using arp -a 192.168.1.1 on the command line you can get that information if you just need it once.

If you want to do it programmatically, there is a SendARP function in the windows API, documented here

Note that this only works on your local network, there must be no routers between you and the target computer.