@Override
    public boolean isPermanent ( CIFSContext tc ) throws UnknownHostException {
        checkNodeStatusData(tc);
        return this.isPermanent;
    }


    @Override
    public byte[] getMacAddress ( CIFSContext tc ) throws UnknownHostException {
        checkNodeStatusData(tc);
        return this.macAddress;
    }


    /**

 *
 * @return the MAC address as an array of six bytes
 * @throws UnknownHostException if the host cannot be resolved to
 * determine the MAC address.
 */ 

    public byte[] getMacAddress() throws UnknownHostException {
        checkNodeStatusData();
        return macAddress;
    }

/** 
 * The hostname of this address. If the hostname is null the local machines
 * IP address is returned.