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Best way to programmatically configure network adapters in .NET

Asked 2009-03-27T10:28:57.973
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I have an application written in C# that needs to be able to configure the network adapters in Windows. I have this basically working through WMI, but there are a couple of things I don't like about that solution: sometimes the settings don't seem to stick, and when the network cable is not plugged in, errors are returned from the WMI methods, so I can't tell if they really succeeded or not.

I need to be able to configure all of the settings available through the network connections - Properties - TCP/IP screens.

What's the best way to do this?

c# .net wmi
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I can tell you the way the trojans do it, after having had to clean up after a few of them, is to set registry keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. The main ones they set are the DNS ones and that approach definitely sticks which can be attested to by anyone who has ever been infected and can no longer get to windowsupdate.com, mcafee.com, etc.

answered 2009-03-27T10:51:47.407

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