How to read all network cards with java

Question

I want to lookup in my system (using java) for all network cards and network interfaces. So, more exactly, I want to get the whole output from ifconfig command (in

Answer 1

You can use Runtime.getRuntime().exec("ipconfig") for Windows and Runtime.getRuntime().exec("ifconfig") for linux to get ifconfig result in java

There is no way to get to the gory details here in 100% Java. You can either execute commands or write JNI.