/// <summary>
/// Returns the Media Access Control (MAC) address for this adapter.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// A System.Net.NetworkInformation.PhysicalAddress object that contains the
/// physical address.
/// </returns>
public PhysicalAddress GetPhysicalAddress()
{
// get the adapter info if it's not already been done
if (m_adapterInfo == null)
{
m_adapterInfo = GetAdapterInfo(Index);
}
return(m_adapterInfo.PhysicalAddress);
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns an object that describes the configuration of this network interface.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// An System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPInterfaceProperties object that describes
/// this network interface.
/// </returns>
/// <remarks>Note that the information in the object returned by this method reflects the interfaces as of the time the array is created. This information is not updated dynamically.</remarks>
public IPInterfaceProperties GetIPProperties()
{
m_adapterInfo = GetAdapterInfo(Index);
m_mibifRow = NetworkInterface.GetMibIfRow(Index);
IPInterfaceProperties props = new IPInterfaceProperties(m_adapterInfo, m_mibifRow);
return(props);
}
/// <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;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a NetworkInterface instance
/// </summary>
/// <param name="index"></param>
/// <param name="interfaceName"></param>
internal NetworkInterface(int index, string interfaceName)
{
Index = index;
Name = interfaceName;
m_adapterInfo = null;
}
/// <summary>
/// Refreshes all statistics for the current NetworkInterface
/// </summary>
public void Refresh()
{
// just set the members to null so the next query will call the API again
m_adapterInfo = null;
m_mibifRow = null;
}
internal IPInterfaceProperties(IP_ADAPTER_INFO info, MibIfRow mibifRow)
{
m_info = info;
m_mtu = mibifRow.MTU;
}
