limits of hardware control and VB

[fastlanwan]

Does anyone with a url on the limits of vb to control PC hardware for a newbie? Like tcp/ip commands through a NIC via VB?

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[SemperFiDownUnda]

I don't understand what you are asking.
Using Winsock you can establish TCP/UDP connections to another box. Thats just a network protocol. What commands you send to hardware at the other end is based on what it expects.

What are you trying to do?

 

[fastlanwan]

I'm trying to figure out how to do cmd line on ip like a tracert, ping or nbtstat via VB instead of the cmd line.

hints or suggestions? Like how to use winsock?

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[SemperFiDownUnda]

There are heaps of threads here.

Thing is PING/TRACERT etc are not using TCP or UDP. You wouldn't want to recreat the work. So the best thing is just redirect those program's output to your app.

Take a look at strongm post at the bottom of thread222-567909 for a link to how to use Pipes to redirect output from normal console apps.