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lontru
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Working with MAC address

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Hi

Im working on a tool where i need the mac address in this syntax xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

I have below code to validate diff syntax but want it xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

so how to do this ?

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function Validate-MAC ($MACAddress) {
	$patterns = @(
'^([0-9a-f]{2}:){5}([0-9a-f]{2})$'
'^([0-9a-f]{2}-){5}([0-9a-f]{2})$'
'^([0-9a-f]{4}.){2}([0-9a-f]{4})$'
'^([0-9a-f]{12})$')
if ($MACAddress -match ($patterns -join '|')) {$true} else {$false}
}

Validate-MAC -MACAddress '3D:F2:C9:A6:B3:00'
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Re: Working with MAC address

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$MACAddress = '12:12:12:12:12:12'
$MACAddress -match '^([0-9a-f]{2}:){5}([0-9a-f]{2})$'
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Re: Working with MAC address

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created below function to return XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX if syntax is a valid mac

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Validate-MAC -MACAddress '01:23:45:67:89:ab'
Validate-MAC -MACAddress '3D:F2:C9:A6:B3:00'

Validate-MAC -MACAddress '001e.1324.683f'
Validate-MAC -MACAddress '001E.1324.683F'

Validate-MAC -MACAddress '00-25-86-DC-FD-3B'
Validate-MAC -MACAddress '00-25-86-dc-fd-3b'

Validate-MAC -MACAddress '002586DCFD3B'
Validate-MAC -MACAddress '002586dcfd3b'
The function:

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function Validate-MAC ($MACAddress)
{
	$patterns = @(
		'^([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})$'
		'^([0-9A-Fa-f]{4}.){2}([0-9A-Fa-f]{4})$'
		'^([0-9A-Fa-f]{12})$')
	if ($MACAddress -match ($patterns -join '|'))
	{
		Write-Host "Valid MAC: $true" -ForegroundColor Green
        $MACAddress = $MACAddress.ToUpper()
		if (!($MACAddress -match "^([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})$"))
		{
			Write-Host "wrong formatting: $MACAddress" -ForegroundColor Red
			# XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
			if ($MACAddress -match "^([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[-]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})$")
			{
				$MACAddress = $MACAddress -replace ('-', ':')
				return $MACAddress
			}
            # XXXX.XXXX.XXXX
			if ($MACAddress -match "^([0-9A-Fa-f]{4}.){2}([0-9A-Fa-f]{4})$")
			{
                $MACAddress = $MACAddress -replace ('\.', '')
                $MACAddress = $MACAddress -replace '..(?!$)', '$&:'
                return $MACAddress
			}
            # XXXXXXXXXXXX
            if ($MACAddress -match "([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})$")
            {
                $MACAddress = $MACAddress.Insert(2,':').Insert(5, ':').Insert(8, ':').Insert(11, ':').Insert(14, ':')
                return $MACAddress
            }
		}
		else
		{
			return $MACAddress
		}
	}
	else
	{
		$false
		Write-Host "MACAddress not in correct format: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX'" -ForegroundColor Red
	}
}
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Re: Working with MAC address

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You don't need a function. Just use the two lime I posted. It returns true/false.

If you want it in a function then do this:

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function Validate-MAC ($MACAddress){
     $MACAddress -match '^([0-9a-f]{2}:){5}([0-9a-f]{2})$'
}
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Re: Working with MAC address

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I needed to validate diff way to type a mac address socreated the function for that purpose.
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Re: Working with MAC address

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There are only two valid frms of a MAC address:

00-25-86-DC-FD-3B
00:25:86:DC:FD:3B


The other forms are numeric or byte array.
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