I have a .net network application , and as part of improving the performance of the software i would like to find the shortest route to the server . When i have more than one network , i need to find the local network ip from these current ip list .
View 3 RepliesIm trying to Get the mac of the local computer(s) on a network and Enable/Disable the Connectiong adapter that is UP (In use), i know i can do this with the system as it stands and for a while i've used a *.bat file to do this for me but not i want a more elabrate way of doing it using a program i make for this, i will also be making it Control other computers remote on my network the same with a simple server side, in the future!, i just need it to Work on the local computer, I've read up about diffrent ways of doing this, like Getting the MAC via Registry like so:
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I need to find out the local IP address of my computer. I made this function which seems to do it decently but I was wondering if there are any better ways of doing it.
Function GetLocalIP() As System.Net.IPAddress
Dim localIP() As System.Net.IPAddress = System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(System.Net.Dns.GetHostName)
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I have a small embedded web server and to setup its network parameters I use a serial port, however this is giving me a lot of trouble due to USB to serial adapters (in some computers work in other doesn't).
However the other day I saw that Buffalo has a little program to find their NAS boxes (or network drives) when you don't know their IP address or got the wrong one so I assume they do it by looking for mac addresses.Is there any way of doing this with VB 2005 or higher? Basically I don't know the IP of the embedded server so I need to find it on a network, how do I find it?
a) I could do a general IP scan assuming it is on the same subnet than the host computer
b) if it has a different subnet... a general IP scan is not going to work, is it?
In html it's easy to get a button to get an file on your local hard drive but I can't seem to find or remember how to do it for a VB application (using Visual Basic 2010). What I would like is for the button to find a local directory, select it and then add the address to a textbox.
View 1 RepliesAre there any IP Address filters or masks available in Windows Forms as per following screenshot? A backslash shouldn't be allowed or it should be filtered somehow.
View 1 RepliesSocketException was Unhandled: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted I get this error every time i click collect a second time.
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Can anyone point me to some code which can help obtain the network address from the host IP and subnet mask?
View 3 RepliesIf i use this code:
lblLocalIpAddress.Text = System.Net.Dns.GetHostEntry(System.Net.Dns.GetHostName()).AddressList(0).ToString()
I want to get local system ip address using vb.net. I trying to use Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(My.Computer.Name)(0).ToString and it works fine in some pc's. I am using local area network and for some pc's it is returning one ipaddress and for some pc's it is returning two ipaddress. ex: 0.4.1.0 and 192.168.0.160.
Why I am getting two ip's for some pc's.
I want my chat server to detect the local IP address (192.168.1.xxx) of the host machine and insert it into a string. I need it so any one who runs a server can do it easily without much co
View 5 RepliesI am Developing a application in that i am returning the ipaddress for the patricular system and save it in the database.but when check the database it is showing the server ip address but i want get the particular ip address who is running that application.[code]...
View 3 RepliesHow to get ip address in vb.net. i used below code to get local ip address but it showing dns is not declared. can any one tell me what is that Dns in the [code]...
View 5 RepliesIm trying to get the Ip address of the local host.. but I'm Getting an Socket Exception in the Dns.GetHostEntry..
Public Sub SetUp()
Try
Dim hostname As IPHostEntry = Dns.GetHostEntry(Dns.GetHostName)
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Possible Duplicate:How to get local ip address using vb?I am using Silverlight3 with VB.NET. I have written the follwing code in my service file. When I run my project locally, it gives the IP address of my system as 192.168.1.12 successfully. But, when I host my project it wont return the IP adress of the system which I am usingie: If i host my project in system A which is of ip 192.168.1.12 and if I access the project from system B which is of ip 192.168.1.7, the output of my project will gives the IP of system A (where i have hosted my project). It should give the IP of system B where am running it. Similarly, if am accessing the project from system C means it should give the IP of system
Private Function fnLocalIp() As String
Try
Dim h As System.Net.IPHostEntry = System.Net.Dns.GetHostByName(System.Net.Dns.GetHostName)
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I have a TCP server application that is going to run on both 32 and64 bit environments. I am get the local IP address using the following
Dim ip_host As Net.IPHostEntry = Net.GetHostEntry(Net.DNS.GetHostName())
Dim address as Net.IPAddress = ip_host.AddressList(0)
Dim local_ep as New Net.IPEndPoint(addres, server_port)
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I'm running into a problem with this code:
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The problem is that I'm running on Windows Vista and the above code seems to want to return the IP V6 information and not the V4 information. How can I force it to return the V4 information?
Need to get local and external IP address to display in my app, but then if possible somehow lookup the ISP using the external IP address got following code to get hostname and local IP address, but it is showing IPv6 address when I would prefer the IPv4 one
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I tried ipEntery.AddressList.GetValue(0).ToString in a messagebox
but it only displays link-local ipv6 address o f"fe80::28d3:3882:3490:1a95%11" is their another way of obtaining local ipv4 address directly?
im making an application and i need to install a printer in a computer. The application im trying to do is a client-server application so the idea is that the server send the instruction to the client telling him what to do and then the client will do it, in this case it will go to a SAMBA directory and it will get the drivers for the printer model from there and after that it will install the printer, everything in silent mode.
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any one have a code in vb 2008 which allows me to know the IP address of local network.
View 2 RepliesHow can I get the Network Card Address using VB.Net?
View 2 RepliesI have a text file on a website that I have the direct URL address to. For example, http://www.example.com/thisFile.txt .
I would like to copy it to a predefined path on the local machine. For example, C:Documents and SettingsAll Users .
What can I use to copy the file from the URL to the predefined path on the local machine. A simple CopyFile doesn't seem to handle URL addresses.
I need a program that can send and receive msgs to everyone that's on that program and on that network, then is there a way to add chat rooms to the program 2. I looked all around the Internet and MSDN and found a lot of results but non worked property.
View 6 RepliesPrivate Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim FileToCopy As String
Dim NewCopy As String
FileToCopy = "C:Users????DesktopfileName"
NewCopy = "C:Users???Desktop
ewfileName"
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I have created an application using Visual Basic .NET, the application use an access data base which must be shared in server of a local network. The problem is when I run the application in a client machine (connected to the network) I can't connect to the data base.In the same machine the connection work which it's not the case when I change the location of the base to: Data Source="serverIPAdress/DataBase.mdb"
View 2 Replieshow to find the list of SQL servers on the local machine...and not the network...
I searched in google but everywhere its for the list of SQL servers on network....I just want my PC SQL server name....
Is it possible to get all my network users' local IPs using VB 2008?
View 6 RepliesIs there any way i can retrieve MAC Address when Network Adapter is disabled in .net?
View 4 Repliesam trying to get the IP address of all of the computers on a network. I know how to fetch the names of the computers on the network but I need to fetch the IP address to. I have a listview control with 2 columns 1 for the name of the computer (1st) and another column for the IP addres (2nd). I have the code so can the IP address be displayed in column 2
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
ListView1.Items.Clear()
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