CodeGuru: Access Newly Available Network Information with .NET 2.0

CodeGuru: Access Newly Available Network Information with .NET 2.0

"Welcome to the next installment of the .NET Nuts & Bolts column. This article explores some new items in the System.Net namespace, including the new System.Net.NetworkInformation namespace that will be included in the upcoming 2.0 release of the Microsoft .NET Framework. It adds support for some very useful network-related items, such as network address and traffic information, that were not included in the 1.0 and 1.1 versions of the base class library (BCL). The article explores some of these new items and how you can use them to your advantage.

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A cool short article that highlights some of the new and very cool "network" related functionality coming in .Net 2.0.

For example, it will take about two lines of code to "ping" now. FTP'ing is also very easy (three lines to download a known file...). NIC info is right at hand too...