checkNodeStatusData();
        return isPermanent;
    }

/** 
 * Retrieves the MAC address of the remote network interface. Samba returns all zeros.
 *
 * @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();

     * is provided. This is the behavior of Microsoft Windows machines.
     */

    public static final int H_NODE = 3;

    /**
     * Unknown MAC Address
     */
    public static final byte[] UNKNOWN_MAC_ADDRESS = new byte[] {
        (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00
    };

    Name hostName;
    int address, nodeType;