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IPGlobalProperties Class

Provides information about the network connectivity of the local computer.

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

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class IPGlobalProperties
'Usage
Dim instance As IPGlobalProperties

public abstract class IPGlobalProperties
public abstract class IPGlobalProperties
Not applicable.

This class provides configuration and statistical information about the local computer's network interfaces and network connections.

The information provided by this class is similar to that provided by the Internet Protocol Helper API functions. For information about the Internet Protocol Helper, see the documentation in the MSDN Library.

The following code example displays information about the local computer using an instance of this class.

Public Shared Sub ShowInboundIPStatistics() 
    Dim properties As IPGlobalProperties = IPGlobalProperties.GetIPGlobalProperties()
    Dim ipstat As IPGlobalStatistics = properties.GetIPv4GlobalStatistics()
    Console.WriteLine("  Inbound Packet Data:")
    Console.WriteLine("      Received ............................ : {0}", ipstat.ReceivedPackets)
    Console.WriteLine("      Forwarded ........................... : {0}", ipstat.ReceivedPacketsForwarded)
    Console.WriteLine("      Delivered ........................... : {0}", ipstat.ReceivedPacketsDelivered)
    Console.WriteLine("      Discarded ........................... : {0}", ipstat.ReceivedPacketsDiscarded)

End Sub 'ShowInboundIPStatistics


System.Object
  System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPGlobalProperties

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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