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Can this be done with C#?

  • 09-09-2005 11:13AM
    #1
    deadfingers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 181 ✭✭


    Hey I am thinking of developing an app in C# that will act as way of determing the physical location of a pc in a building. Im kinda new to C# so forgive my shortcomings. My thinking of how I will approach it will be that I will use a command similar to the "ping" command to the physical network port that the machine is connected to, to verify that the pc is at that location. I know C++ had a number of IP commands, but I am asking too much? Also does a network port have a static hardware address like a mac address?


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  • #2
    Ivan Dunaev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭Ivan Dunaev


    look for System.Net namespace
    ping can be found here - http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20020209.asp


  • #3
    rsynnott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    Bear in mind that not all computers do respond to ping.


  • #4
    theexis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 131 ✭✭theexis


    deadfingers wrote:
    Also does a network port have a static hardware address like a mac address?

    I presume you are talking about the network socket on the wall? Typically this has no address itself - you'll want to be talking to the router to query which port has which IP address and then have a table of where each router port is physically wired to in the building.


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