i have a simple question but im not able to implement it cuz of lack of experience on C#.
when i open cmd and type arp -a
command, it shows me all interfaces and ip addresses are routing.
so, my aim is to implement above process in C# and get ip, mac etc...
could somebody help me out on this trick? i would greatly appreciate. thanks
Chris Pietschmann wrote a blog post on what you're looking for.
It mimics the "arp -a" command.
IPInfo Class:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
/// <summary>
/// This class allows you to retrieve the IP Address and Host Name for a specific machine on the local network when you only know it's MAC Address.
/// </summary>
public class IPInfo
{
public IPInfo(string macAddress, string ipAddress)
{
this.MacAddress = macAddress;
this.IPAddress = ipAddress;
}
public string MacAddress { get; private set; }
public string IPAddress { get; private set; }
private string _HostName = string.Empty;
public string HostName
{
get
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this._HostName))
{
try
{
// Retrieve the "Host Name" for this IP Address. This is the "Name" of the machine.
this._HostName = Dns.GetHostEntry(this.IPAddress).HostName;
}
catch
{
this._HostName = string.Empty;
}
}
return this._HostName;
}
}
#region "Static Methods"
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves the IPInfo for the machine on the local network with the specified MAC Address.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="macAddress">The MAC Address of the IPInfo to retrieve.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IPInfo GetIPInfo(string macAddress)
{
var ipinfo = (from ip in IPInfo.GetIPInfo()
where ip.MacAddress.ToLowerInvariant() == macAddress.ToLowerInvariant()
select ip).FirstOrDefault();
return ipinfo;
}
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves the IPInfo for All machines on the local network.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public static List<IPInfo> GetIPInfo()
{
try
{
var list = new List<IPInfo>();
foreach (var arp in GetARPResult().Split(new char[] { '\n', '\r' }))
{
// Parse out all the MAC / IP Address combinations
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(arp))
{
var pieces = (from piece in arp.Split(new char[] { ' ', '\t' })
where !string.IsNullOrEmpty(piece)
select piece).ToArray();
if (pieces.Length == 3)
{
list.Add(new IPInfo(pieces[1], pieces[0]));
}
}
}
// Return list of IPInfo objects containing MAC / IP Address combinations
return list;
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception("IPInfo: Error Parsing 'arp -a' results", ex);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// This runs the "arp" utility in Windows to retrieve all the MAC / IP Address entries.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
private static string GetARPResult()
{
Process p = null;
string output = string.Empty;
try
{
p = Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("arp", "-a")
{
CreateNoWindow = true,
UseShellExecute = false,
RedirectStandardOutput = true
});
output = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
p.Close();
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception("IPInfo: Error Retrieving 'arp -a' Results", ex);
}
finally
{
if (p != null)
{
p.Close();
}
}
return output;
}
#endregion
}
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Excelent!! I am using it to detect new devices on the network (and see if the are allowed macs or not). I've added a few things (see below). Thanks a lot Chris Pietschmann!!!
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
namespace DescubrimientoDeRed
{
//This Class Holds the information for each IP/MAC
public class IPInfo
{
private string _macAddress;
private string _ipAddress;
public string IpAddress
{
get { return _ipAddress; }
set { _ipAddress = value; }
}
public string MacAddress
{
get { return _macAddress; }
set { _macAddress = value; }
}
public IPInfo(string pmacAddress, string pipAddress)
{
this.MacAddress = pmacAddress;
this.IpAddress = pipAddress;
}
}
//This Class holds the IP of each one of the computer interfaces and a list of the
//IPs/MAC found over that interface
public class AdaptadorDeRed
{
private string _Interfaz;
private List<IPInfo> _IPsInterfaz;
public List<IPInfo> IPsInterfaz
{
get { return _IPsInterfaz; }
set { _IPsInterfaz = value; }
}
public string Interfaz
{
get { return _Interfaz; }
set { _Interfaz = value; }
}
public AdaptadorDeRed(string pInterfaz)
{
Interfaz = pInterfaz;
_IPsInterfaz = new List<IPInfo>();
}
}
//The following class has the important methods
public class NetInfo
{
//ARPtheNet
//This is the procedure that runs the arp command and retruns a text output
private static string ARPtheNet()
{
//this is the process that will run the arp
Process p = null;
//this string will capture the output
string output = string.Empty;
try
{
//to the Process we will give the name of the file (wich is the command we use on the cmd and a string with the particular parameters
p = Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("arp", "-a")
{
CreateNoWindow = true,
UseShellExecute = false,
RedirectStandardOutput = true
});
//we store the output into the string
output = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
//then we close te process
p.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//If something goes wrong we throw a message with the name of the failing component, and the exception itself
throw new Exception("NetInfo: Error al realizar un ARP a la red", ex);
}
finally
{
//whether everithing goes right or wrong, we nedd to close the process..
if (p != null)
{
p.Close();
}
}
return output;
}
//This is the procedure that will read the text from the procedure ARPtheNet and create the objects to have a nice result
public List<AdaptadorDeRed> GetARPTheNet()
{
try
{
//This is the list that holds the interfaces (where each one of those, holds the ips)
List<AdaptadorDeRed> list = new List<AdaptadorDeRed>();
//Need to declare this outside the "ifs" otherwise these objects will not be accesible from all the places i need.
AdaptadorDeRed adr = null;
IPInfo ipi = null;
//Line by Line we move throw the text of the ARPtheNet result
foreach (var arp in ARPtheNet().Split(new char[] { '\n', '\r' }))
{
//if the strings has texto on it...
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(arp))
{
//If the text has a ":", means that this line has the IP of the particular Interface like:
//Interface: 192.168.0.1 --- 0x17 that means either is the first interface we have found,
//or we already have an interface with ips and we have found a new one.
if (arp.IndexOf(":") > 1)
{
//So if the interfaces is not null and have IPs, we add it to the list and set it null in order to create a new one for the one we just found.
if (adr != null && adr.IPsInterfaz.Count > 0)
{
list.Add(adr);
adr = null;
}
//either way, we create a new adapter
adr = new AdaptadorDeRed(arp.Substring(10, arp.IndexOf("---") - 11));
}
else
{
//Need to split the line in as many spaces or tabs we found.
var pieces = (from piece in arp.Split(new char[] { ' ', '\t' })
where !string.IsNullOrEmpty(piece)
select piece).ToArray();
//the onew that has 3 pieces is because the are like "192.168.0.1", "ff-ff-ff-ff-ff", "Dinamyc".
if (pieces.Length == 3)
{
//we add it to the list of the particular interface
adr.IPsInterfaz.Add(new IPInfo(pieces[1], pieces[0]));
}
}
}
}
//When we get to the end of the text, we are not going to find another ":", so if the adapter is not null and has ips on it we need to add it to the list.
if (adr != null && adr.IPsInterfaz.Count > 0) list.Add(adr);
//then we return the list.
return list;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception("GetARPTheNet: Error al recuperar datos", ex);
}
}
}
}