NetworkChange Class
Assembly: System (in system.dll)
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 Shared Sub AddressChangedCallback(sender As Object, 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
Windows 98, Windows 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
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