﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Type Name="PhysicalAddress" FullName="System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress"><TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public class PhysicalAddress" /><TypeSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".class public auto ansi beforefieldinit PhysicalAddress extends System.Object" /><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyName>System</AssemblyName><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><Base><BaseTypeName>System.Object</BaseTypeName></Base><Interfaces /><Docs><since version=".NET 2.0" /><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>The MAC address, or physical address, is a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node, such as a computer or printer, on a network.</para><para>Instances of this class are returned by the <see cref="M:System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface.GetPhysicalAddress" /> method.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Provides the Media Access Control (MAC) address for a network interface (adapter).</para></summary></Docs><Members><Member MemberName=".ctor"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public PhysicalAddress (byte[] address);" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig specialname rtspecialname instance void .ctor(unsigned int8[] address) cil managed" /><MemberType>Constructor</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><Parameters><Parameter Name="address" Type="System.Byte[]" /></Parameters><Docs><since version=".NET 2.0" /><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>In common scenarios, applications do not need to call this constructor; instances of this class are returned by the <see cref="M:System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface.GetPhysicalAddress" /> method.</para><para>Note that you can also use the <see cref="M:System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress.Parse(System.String)" /> method to create a new instance of <see cref="T:System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress" />.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress" /> class. </para></summary><param name="address"><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />A <see cref="T:System.Byte" /> array containing the address.</param></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="Equals"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public override bool Equals (object comparand);" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig virtual instance bool Equals(object comparand) cil managed" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.Boolean</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters><Parameter Name="comparand" Type="System.Object" /></Parameters><Docs><remarks>To be added.</remarks><since version=".NET 2.0" /><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Compares two <see cref="T:System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress" /> instances.</para></summary><returns><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>true if this instance and the specified instance contain the same address; otherwise false.</para></returns><param name="comparand"><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />The <see cref="T:System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress" />  to compare to the current instance.</param></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="GetAddressBytes"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public byte[] GetAddressBytes ();" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig instance unsigned int8[] GetAddressBytes() cil managed" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.Byte[]</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters /><Docs><remarks>To be added.</remarks><since version=".NET 2.0" /><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Returns the address of the current instance.</para></summary><returns><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>A <see cref="T:System.Byte" /> array containing the address.</para></returns></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="GetHashCode"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public override int GetHashCode ();" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig virtual instance int32 GetHashCode() cil managed" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.Int32</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters /><Docs><remarks>To be added.</remarks><since version=".NET 2.0" /><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Returns the hash value of a physical address.</para></summary><returns><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>An integer hash value.</para></returns></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="None"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public static readonly System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress None;" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".field public static initonly class System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress None" /><MemberType>Field</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Docs><since version=".NET 2.0" /><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>The <see cref="M:System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress.Parse(System.String)" /> method returns <see cref="F:System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress.None" /> if you specify null address.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Returns a new <see cref="T:System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress" /> instance with a zero length address. This field is read-only.</para></summary></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="Parse"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public static System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress Parse (string address);" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public static hidebysig class System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress Parse(string address) cil managed" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters><Parameter Name="address" Type="System.String" /></Parameters><Docs><since version=".NET 2.0" /><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>The <paramref name="address" /> parameter must contain a string that can only consist of numbers and upper-case letters as hexadecimal digits. Some examples of string formats that are acceptable are as follows:</para><para>001122334455</para><para>00-11-22-33-44-55</para><para>F0-E1-D2-C3-B4-A5</para><para>Note that an address that contains f0-e1-d2-c3-b4-a5 will fail to parse and throw an exception.</para><para>Use the <see cref="M:System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress.GetAddressBytes" /> method to retrieve the address from an existing <see cref="T:System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress" /> instance.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Parses the specified <see cref="T:System.String" /> and stores its contents as the address bytes of the <see cref="T:System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress" /> returned by this method.</para></summary><returns><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>A <see cref="T:System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress" /> instance with the specified address.</para></returns><param name="address"><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />A <see cref="T:System.String" /> containing the address that will be used to initialize the <see cref="T:System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress" /> instance returned by this method.</param></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="ToString"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public override string ToString ();" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig virtual instance string ToString() cil managed" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.String</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters /><Docs><remarks>To be added.</remarks><since version=".NET 2.0" /><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Returns the <see cref="T:System.String" /> representation of the address of this instance.</para></summary><returns><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>A <see cref="T:System.String" /> containing the address contained in this instance.</para></returns></Docs></Member></Members></Type>