/// <summary>
/// Method called after making some changes to the current
/// IP address, subnet mask, etc. This method notifies NDIS
/// to rebind the adapter to all protocols, in effect causing
/// the current registry settings to be applied rather than
/// those which the current configuration represents. Once you
/// have rebound an adapter, to get its new configuration, you
/// must regenerate the list of adapters. Changes to things
/// like the IP address, subnet mask, etc. are not immediately
/// returned.
/// </summary>
public void Rebind()
{
NDIS.RebindInterface(this.Name);
// refresh our adapter info, expecting a possible index change
int index = Index;
m_adapterInfo = GetAdapterInfo(ref index, Name);
Index = index;
}
public static void RebindInterface(string adapterName)
{
NDIS ndis = new NDIS();
ndis.Open(System.IO.FileAccess.ReadWrite, System.IO.FileShare.None);
try
{
byte[] nameBytes = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(adapterName + "\0\0");
ndis.DeviceIoControl(IOCTL_NDIS_REBIND_ADAPTER, nameBytes, null);
}
finally
{
ndis.Dispose();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Method called to unbind a given adapter. You might
/// perform this operation before attempting to change
/// *both* the protocol configuration of an adapter (IP,
/// subnet, gateway), *and* the wireless configuration of
/// the same adapter (WEP, SSID, etc.) To do that, first
/// unbind the adapter, then change the settings, then
/// bind the adapter (UnbindAdapter(), make changes,
/// BindAdapter()). Once you have bound/unbound an
/// adapter, to get its new configuration, you must
/// regenerate the list of adapters. Changes to things
/// like the IP address, subnet mask, etc. are not
/// immediately returned.
/// </summary>
public void Unbind()
{
NDIS.UnbindInterface(this.Name);
}
/// <summary>
/// Method called on unbound adapter (maybe when handling
/// changing *both* the IP/subnet/gateway *and* the wireless
/// settings). This method notifies NDIS to bind the
/// adapter to all protocols indicated in the registry, in
/// effect causing the current registry settings to be
/// applied rather than those which the adapter is currently
/// using. Since we are binding, not *re*-binding the
/// protocols, we are implying that the adapter is not
/// currently bound to anything. When making this call,
/// we must refresh any adapter list that we might have,
/// to retrieve the current state of all adapters.
/// Changes to things like the IP address, subnet mask,
/// etc. are not immediately returned.
/// </summary>
public void Bind()
{
NDIS.BindInterface(this.Name);
}
