How detect LAN disconect

[Szafranr]

Hi

I have application where I used tcpListener to connect with another system.
Every thing is ok that it's time to error handling
and I have problem
when the TCP client is disconect I don't know how detect this situation
the same situation is when I plug out patch-cord

For waiting for a data I use this loop
While Me.mSocket.Conn ected
Try
Thread.Sleep(10 0)
If Me.mSocket.Avai lable > 0 Then
Dim lBuffer(Me.mSoc ket.Available) As Byte
Me.mSocket.Rece ive(lBuffer)
If lBuffer.Length > 0 Then
mstrDataIn =
System.Text.ASC IIEncoding.ASCI I.GetString(lBu ffer)
RaiseEvent DataReceived(ms trDataIn)
mstrDataIn = ""
End If
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.ToStr ing)
End Try
End While

all the time mSocket(TcpList ener) has Connected = True even when I disconect

How I can detect this situation?

Regards
Szafranr

[Imran Koradia]

You can make use of WMI; look at the Win32_NetworkAd apter class for this.
Use the classes under System.Manageme nt namespace to retrieve the network
adapter information.

for instance, the following code will loop through all network adapters
listing their properties:

Dim oQuery As New Management.Sele ctQuery("Win32_ NetworkAdapter" )
Dim oObjSearcher As New Management.Mana gementObjectSea rcher(oQuery)
Dim oBaseMgmtObj As Management.Mana gementBaseObjec t

For Each oBaseMgmtObj In oObjSearcher.Ge t()
For Each oProperty as Management.Prop ertyData in
oBaseMgmtObj.Pr operties()
Debug.WriteLine ("Name: " & oProperty.Name & vbTab & "Value: " &
oProperty.Value )
Next
Next oBaseMgmtObj

the properties applicable to the Win32_NetworkAd apter object are listed
here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...orkadapter.asp

one of the properties is the 'NetConnectionS tatus' which you can look at to
determine whether the adapter
is disconnected or connected or something else. You can look up these values
from the link above.

hope this helps..
Imran.

"Szafranr" <sz**********@M poczta.onet.pl> wrote in message
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Hi

I have application where I used tcpListener to connect with another system. Every thing is ok that it's time to error handling
and I have problem
when the TCP client is disconect I don't know how detect this situation
the same situation is when I plug out patch-cord

For waiting for a data I use this loop
While Me.mSocket.Conn ected
Try
Thread.Sleep(10 0)
If Me.mSocket.Avai lable > 0 Then
Dim lBuffer(Me.mSoc ket.Available) As Byte
Me.mSocket.Rece ive(lBuffer)
If lBuffer.Length > 0 Then
mstrDataIn =
System.Text.ASC IIEncoding.ASCI I.GetString(lBu ffer)
RaiseEvent DataReceived(ms trDataIn)
mstrDataIn = ""
End If
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.ToStr ing)
End Try
End While

all the time mSocket(TcpList ener) has Connected = True even when I disconect
How I can detect this situation?

Regards
Szafranr

[Szafranr]

> one of the properties is the 'NetConnectionS tatus' which you can look at
to

determine whether the adapter
is disconnected or connected or something else. You can look up these values from the link above.

Your example can detect when patch-cord is plug off.
I still don't know how I can detect when TCP client close connection

For instance
Server: create tcpListener with specific port (30000)
Client: connect to Server:30000
Server: start the loop when S waiting for data

While tcpListener.Con nected
Try
Thread.Sleep(10 0)
If Me.mSocket.Avai lable > 0 Then
Dim lBuffer(Me.mSoc ket.Available) As Byte
Me.mSocket.Rece ive(lBuffer)
If lBuffer.Length > 0 Then
mstrDataIn =
System.Text.ASC IIEncoding.ASCI I.GetString(lBu ffer)
RaiseEvent DataReceived(ms trDataIn)
mstrDataIn = ""
End If
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.ToStr ing)
End Try
End While

Client: Close connection
Server: tcpListener.Con nected = true and loop still works
In this situation I have to detect the tcpClient closed connection from
socket

Regards
Szafranr

[Imran Koradia]

Well, your topic said 'lan disconnect' so that is what I gave you.
Anyway, the connected property of the socket class is not a sure shot way to
determine whether the socket is still connected to a remote resource or not.
read the notes in the MSDN documentation here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ectedtopic.asp

you might want to try what the documentation suggests. The idea is to catch
the appropriate exception when data cannot be sent/received and then
determine whether this was because of the socket being disconnected or
something else. I know this was probably not the answer you were expecting
but since I haven't use sockets in .net as such, I'm not aware of the best
way to handle such a situation, i.e., socket being disconnected.

hope this helps..
Imran.

"Szafranr" <sz**********@M poczta.onet.pl> wrote in message
news:cf******** **@news.onet.pl ...

one of the properties is the 'NetConnectionS tatus' which you can look at

to

determine whether the adapter
is disconnected or connected or something else. You can look up these

values

from the link above.

Your example can detect when patch-cord is plug off.
I still don't know how I can detect when TCP client close connection

For instance
Server: create tcpListener with specific port (30000)
Client: connect to Server:30000
Server: start the loop when S waiting for data

While tcpListener.Con nected
Try
Thread.Sleep(10 0)
If Me.mSocket.Avai lable > 0 Then
Dim lBuffer(Me.mSoc ket.Available) As Byte
Me.mSocket.Rece ive(lBuffer)
If lBuffer.Length > 0 Then
mstrDataIn =
System.Text.ASC IIEncoding.ASCI I.GetString(lBu ffer)
RaiseEvent DataReceived(ms trDataIn)
mstrDataIn = ""
End If
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.ToStr ing)
End Try
End While

Client: Close connection
Server: tcpListener.Con nected = true and loop still works
In this situation I have to detect the tcpClient closed connection from
socket

Regards
Szafranr