Code for Scanning # of PC's on Network

[peryan77]

Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to create a program to return the # of PCs connected to the network?

Also, what factors do I need to consider when programming this. I am new to C#. (VB Progammer, yuk!)

Thanks

 

[mrscary]

You will need to ping or probe each IP address. You will need to get the current IP address and subnet mask, then iterate round all the combinations and see what is out there.

This may fail if a PC has a personal firewall on, as it wouldn't respond.

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[JJayUK]

This could probably be done using a WMI query and the .NET System.Management namespace.

Take a look at the documentation for more info.


Thanks,
ChrisA

Regards,
JJayUK