[howto] get the nameserver name?

[Wiktor Zychla]

In my code I have to query the local dns server for some data. however, I
have no idea how to get the name of the local DNS server.

could anyone point me the right direction?
thanks in advance,

Wiktor Zychla

[Girish Bharadwaj]

Wiktor Zychla wrote:

In my code I have to query the local dns server for some data. however, I
have no idea how to get the name of the local DNS server.

could anyone point me the right direction?
thanks in advance,

Wiktor Zychla

Would System.Net.Dns class help you?

--
Girish Bharadwaj

[Wiktor Zychla]

> Would System.Net.Dns class help you?

If you can help to show me the proper method or property of this class, I
would be grateful. I make a heavy use of Dns class and didn't find any way
to get the nameserver name.

[Girish Bharadwaj]

Wiktor Zychla wrote:

Would System.Net.Dns class help you?

If you can help to show me the proper method or property of this class, I
would be grateful. I make a heavy use of Dns class and didn't find any way
to get the nameserver name.

Oh.. Sorry, I was thinking you wanted the services of Dns and not the
name. If you have enough privileges, you can check the
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servi ces\Tcpip\Parameters"'s
"NameServer" string.

--
Girish Bharadwaj

[Rich Blum]

"Wiktor Zychla" <ie****@microsoft.com.no.spam> wrote in message news:<uc**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...

Would System.Net.Dns class help you?

If you can help to show me the proper method or property of this class, I
would be grateful. I make a heavy use of Dns class and didn't find any way
to get the nameserver name.

You can use the System.Management methods:

class GetDNS
{
public static void Main()
{
ManagementObjectSearcher mos = new ManagementObjectSearcher(
"SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration WHERE IPEnabled = 'TRUE'");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mos.Get();
foreach(ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
Console.WriteLine("Network Card: {0}", mo["Description"]);
string[] hosts = (string[])mo["DNSServerSearchOrder"];
foreach(string host in hosts)
Console.WriteLine(" DNS host: {0}",host);
}
}
}

Hope this helps some.

Rich Blum - Author
"C# Network Programming" (Sybex)
http://www.sybex.com/sybexbooks.nsf/Booklist/4176
"Network Performance Open Source Toolkit" (Wiley)
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyT...471433012.html