I've attached some VB.NET code I've hacked together (some taken from
MS examples & newsgroup postings) that will perform a ping or
IcmpSendEcho using the icmp.dll (see this for more info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;170591 ).
The problem I have is in order to perform a discovery/ping of an
entire subnet (192.168.1.* for instance) I have to do a FOR loop to
itterate through all of the addresses. That it seems VERY inefficient
to me.
I originally tried to use the IcmpSendEcho function in IPHLPAPI.DLL
version 5.0.2195.6602 (see these for more info:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de..._functions.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...mpsendecho.asp
)
because the documentation for the IcmpSendEcho in the Platform SDK IP
Helper indicated that replybuffer was an array of ICMP_ECHO_REPLY
structures (and I was hoping to be able to perform a broadcast ping
and have all of the results in this array). However, it doesn't
actually seem to support this function...I got an error indicating
that my program couldn't find the entry point, and upon reviewing the
..DLL I didn't see that function listed in it. So, I reverted to using
the function in icmp.dll.
Essentially, I'd like to be able to ping 255.255.255.255 (the
broadcast IP address) a single time and get a list of all of the
successful pings. I'd appreciate any/all help with this. Does anyone
know if there are any plans to add ICMP and similar networking support
to the .NET Framework in the future (or if there's currently support
for this that I don't know about)?
Thanks!
-Ed
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Option Strict On
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Net.Sockets
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Public Class IPHlp
Private Const ICMP_SUCCESS As Long = 0
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BUFFER_TO_SMALL As Int32 = 11001
'Buffer Too Small
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_NET_UNREACH As Int32 = 11002
'Destination Net Unreachable
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_HOST_UNREACH As Int32 =
11003 ' Destination Host Unreachable
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_PROTOCOL_UNREACH As Int32 =
11004 'Destination Protocol Unreachable
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_PORT_UNREACH As Int32 =
11005 'Destination Port Unreachable
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_NO_RESOURCE As Int32 = 11006 'No
Resources
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BAD_OPTION As Int32 = 11007 'Bad Option
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_HARDWARE_ERROR As Int32 = 11008
'Hardware Error
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_LARGE_PACKET As Int32 = 11009 'Packet
Too Big
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_REQUEST_TIMED_OUT As Int32 = 11010
'Request Timed Out
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BAD_REQUEST As Int32 = 11011 'Bad
Request
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BAD_ROUTE As Int32 = 11012 'Bad Route
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_TTL_EXPIRED_TRANSIT As Int32 = 11013
'TimeToLive Expired Transit
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_TTL_EXPIRED_REASSEMBLY As Int32 = 11014
'TimeToLive Expired Reassembly
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_PARAMETER As Int32 = 11015 'Parameter
Problem
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_SOURCE_QUENCH As Int32 = 11016 'Source
Quench
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_OPTION_TOO_BIG As Int32 = 11017 'Option
Too Big
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_BAD_DESTINATION As Int32 = 11018 'Bad
Destination
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_NEGOTIATING_IPSEC As Int32 = 11032
'Negotiating IPSEC
Private Const ICMP_STATUS_GENERAL_FAILURE As Int32 = 11050
'General Failure
Public Function Ping(ByVal sIP As String, _
Optional ByRef IP As IPAddress = Nothing, _
Optional ByRef Reply As String = "", _
Optional ByRef RoundTrip As Int32 = 0) As Boolean
IP = Dns.GetHostByName(sIP).AddressList(0)
Return Ping(IP, Reply, RoundTrip)
End Function
Public Function Ping(ByVal IP As IPAddress, _
Optional ByRef Reply As String = "", _
Optional ByRef RoundTrip As Int32 = 0) As Boolean
Dim ICMPHandle As IntPtr
Dim iIP As Int32
Dim sData As String
Dim oICMPOptions As New IPHlp.ICMP_OPTIONS
Dim ICMPReply As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY
Dim iReplies As Int32
Ping = False
ICMPHandle = IcmpCreateFile
iIP = System.BitConverter.ToInt32(IP.GetAddressBytes, 0)
sData = "x" 'Placeholder?
oICMPOptions.Ttl = 255
iReplies = IcmpSendEcho(ICMPHandle, iIP, sData, sData.Length,
oICMPOptions, ICMPReply, Marshal.SizeOf(ICMPReply), 30)
Reply = EvaluatePingResponse(ICMPReply.Status)
RoundTrip = ICMPReply.RoundTripTime
If ICMPReply.Status = 0 Then
Ping = True
End If
ICMPHandle = Nothing
IP = Nothing
oICMPOptions = Nothing
ICMPReply = Nothing
End Function
Public Function EvaluatePingResponse(ByVal PingResponse As Long)
As String
Select Case PingResponse
'success
Case ICMP_SUCCESS
EvaluatePingResponse = "Success!"
'some error occurred
Case ICMP_STATUS_BUFFER_TO_SMALL
EvaluatePingResponse = "Buffer Too Small"
Case ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_NET_UNREACH
EvaluatePingResponse = "Destination Net Unreachable"
Case ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_HOST_UNREACH
EvaluatePingResponse = "Destination Host Unreachable"
Case ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_PROTOCOL_UNREACH
EvaluatePingResponse = "Destination Protocol
Unreachable"
Case ICMP_STATUS_DESTINATION_PORT_UNREACH
EvaluatePingResponse = "Destination Port Unreachable"
Case ICMP_STATUS_NO_RESOURCE
EvaluatePingResponse = "No Resources"
Case ICMP_STATUS_BAD_OPTION
EvaluatePingResponse = "Bad Option"
Case ICMP_STATUS_HARDWARE_ERROR
EvaluatePingResponse = "Hardware Error"
Case ICMP_STATUS_LARGE_PACKET
EvaluatePingResponse = "Packet Too Big"
Case ICMP_STATUS_REQUEST_TIMED_OUT
EvaluatePingResponse = "Request Timed Out"
Case ICMP_STATUS_BAD_REQUEST
EvaluatePingResponse = "Bad Request"
Case ICMP_STATUS_BAD_ROUTE
EvaluatePingResponse = "Bad Route"
Case ICMP_STATUS_TTL_EXPIRED_TRANSIT
EvaluatePingResponse = "TimeToLive Expired Transit"
Case ICMP_STATUS_TTL_EXPIRED_REASSEMBLY
EvaluatePingResponse = "TimeToLive Expired Reassembly"
Case ICMP_STATUS_PARAMETER
EvaluatePingResponse = "Parameter Problem"
Case ICMP_STATUS_SOURCE_QUENCH
EvaluatePingResponse = "Source Quench"
Case ICMP_STATUS_OPTION_TOO_BIG
EvaluatePingResponse = "Option Too Big"
Case ICMP_STATUS_BAD_DESTINATION
EvaluatePingResponse = "Bad Destination"
Case ICMP_STATUS_NEGOTIATING_IPSEC
EvaluatePingResponse = "Negotiating IPSEC"
Case ICMP_STATUS_GENERAL_FAILURE
EvaluatePingResponse = "General Failure"
'unknown error occurred
Case Else
EvaluatePingResponse = "Unknown Response"
End Select
End Function
Declare Auto Function IcmpCreateFile Lib "ICMP.DLL" () As IntPtr
Declare Auto Function IcmpSendEcho Lib "ICMP.DLL" _
(ByVal IcmpHandle As IntPtr, _
ByVal DestinationAddress As Integer, _
ByVal RequestData As String, _
ByVal RequestSize As Integer, _
ByRef RequestOptions As ICMP_OPTIONS, _
ByRef ReplyBuffer As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY, _
ByVal ReplySize As Integer, _
ByVal Timeout As Integer) As Integer
<StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet:=CharSet.Ansi)> _
Public Structure ICMP_OPTIONS
Public Ttl As Byte
Public Tos As Byte
Public Flags As Byte
Public OptionsSize As Byte
Public OptionsData As IntPtr
End Structure
<StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet:=CharSet.Ansi)> _
Public Structure ICMP_ECHO_REPLY
'Public Address As Integer
Public Address As Integer
Public Status As Integer
Public RoundTripTime As Integer
Public DataSize As Short
Public Reserved As Short
Public DataPtr As IntPtr
Public Options As ICMP_OPTIONS
<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst:=250)> _
Public Data As String
End Structure
End Class
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