Write-error ' String has $($mac.length) alphanumeric chars - 12 expected. Write-Error ' 12 is not dividable by $chars! Enter another lengt. Write-Error ' Chars less or equal 0! ' return - 1 Note the tool does not check you have entered. Click the convert button and theyre all changes to the quad hex digit format, separated by full stops. The example below details a number of sample MAC addresses in different formats being pasted into the tool. Output from the MAC Address Converter Tool. If you want me to explain it just make a comment and I will come back to it. MAC Address Converter Tool - Entry screen. :: ToInt32 (( DECIMAL, 16 ) converts a decimal to hex Below the function, but I skip the details of it.

3.47.36.147.23.22 = INTEGER: 528Īs we will need later on to compare MAC addresses a PowerShell convert function would be handy to convert HEX to decimal format and decimal to HEX. The tool allows you to select from the four most commonly used formats. Its maximum length must be six characters. In my previous post Network diagram with hosts, Part 1 we got from one OID the MAC address formated in HEX with whitespaces: To generate the MAC Addresses, perform the following steps.

Convert mac address a0218785c714