* @return the MAC address as an array of six bytes
     * @throws UnknownHostException
     *             if the host cannot be resolved to
     *             determine the MAC address.
     */
    byte[] getMacAddress ( CIFSContext tc ) throws UnknownHostException;


    /**
     * Returned the hex code associated with this name(e.g. 0x20 is for the file service)
     * 
     * @return the name type
     */

    @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.