com.bea.jvm
Interface NIC

All Superinterfaces:
Describable, HardwareComponent

public interface NIC
extends Describable, HardwareComponent

Interface for the physical network interface components.

Author:
Calle Wilund, Marcus Hirt

Method Summary
 java.lang.String getMAC()
          Returns the MAC address of this NIC as a String.
 long getMTU()
          Returns the maximum transmission unit (in bytes) of this NIC.
 
Methods inherited from interface com.bea.jvm.Describable
getDescription
 

Method Detail

getMAC

public java.lang.String getMAC()
Returns the MAC address of this NIC as a String. For example '04:01:D2:16:CF:F1'.

Returns:
the MAC address of this NIC.

getMTU

public long getMTU()
Returns the maximum transmission unit (in bytes) of this NIC.

Returns:
the maximum transmission unit (in bytes).