How to get the names of the availalbe computers on your LAN/Workgr

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Hi, I need to get a list of the computers in my WorkGroup LAN, with its names
in a similar way you get the available Drives from a PC with
DriveInfo.GetDr ives(). Is there a managed class that provide this, if not,
coudl you provide me some guiadance with unmanaged APIs or wrappers.
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Jan 3 '08 #1

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Michael Nemtsev [MVP]

Hello Fernik,

use NetServerEnum WinAPI method
The sample and description how to do in from managed code is there http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/Lis...Computers.aspx

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Jan 3 '08 #2

Steven Cheng[MSFT]

Hi Fernik,

As for looping network resources in local network, there are several means
such as RAW network API, wmi or ADSI:

here are some web threads discussing on this, you can have look to see
whether they help some:

API approach:

#list of computers on local network
http://www.csharpfriends.com/Forums/...x?PostID=29925

#Using Network Functions in Visual C#.NET (Part II - Group Functions)
http://www.csharphelp.com/archives2/archive440.html
ADSI approach:

#Inventory of Domain Users and Computers Using ADSI
http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials...le.php/1476791

#List of computers on local network
http://www.csharpfriends.com/Forums/...x?PostID=29925
WMI:

http://www.siccolo.com/Articles/Code...k_Browser/Buil
d_Local_Network _Browser.html

http://www.activexperts.com/activmon...t/wmi/samples/

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Subject: How to get the names of the availalbe computers on your LAN/Workgr
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 18:12:01 -0800

Hi, I need to get a list of the computers in my WorkGroup LAN, with its

names

>in a similar way you get the available Drives from a PC with
DriveInfo.GetD rives(). Is there a managed class that provide this, if not,
coudl you provide me some guiadance with unmanaged APIs or wrappers.
--
Fernik
http://www.fernik.com.ar

Jan 3 '08 #3

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