NetworkChange Class

Allows applications to receive notification when the Internet Protocol (IP) address of a network interface, also called a network card or adapter, changes.

Namespace: System.Net.NetworkInformation
Assembly: System (in system.dll)

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class NetworkChange
'Usage
Dim instance As NetworkChange

public final class NetworkChange
public final class NetworkChange
Not applicable.

The NetworkChange class provides address change notification by raising NetworkAddressChanged events. An interface address can change for many reasons, such as a disconnected network cable, moving out of range of a wireless Local Area Network, or hardware failure.

To receive notification, you must identify your application's event handlers, which are one or more methods that perform your application-specific tasks each time the event is raised. To have a NetworkChange object call your event-handling methods when a NetworkAddressChanged event occurs, you must associate the methods with a NetworkAddressChangedEventHandler delegate, and add this delegate to the event.

The following code example listens for address changes and displays the status of network interfaces when a NetworkAddressChanged event occurs.

Imports System
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Net.NetworkInformation

Public Class NetworkingExample
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        AddHandler NetworkChange.NetworkAddressChanged, AddressOf AddressChangedCallback
        Console.WriteLine("Listening for address changes. Press any key to exit.")
        Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub 'Main
    Private Shared Sub AddressChangedCallback(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

        Dim adapters As NetworkInterface() = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()
        Dim n As NetworkInterface
        For Each n In adapters
            Console.WriteLine("   {0} is {1}", n.Name, n.OperationalStatus)
        Next n
    End Sub
End Class

System.Object
  System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkChange

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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