Read wireless adapter's IP in .NET CF

[Stephan Baune]

Hey guys,

I've searched a lot and didn't find a suitable solution for my problem
which I'm about to describe.
I'm responsible for the network stuff in a university project which is
an application for PDAs with Windows Mobile 2003 SE. Because it's M$
and the general *ahem* crappiness of J2ME and virtual machines for
mobile devices we decided to implement everything with the help of .NET
CF and C#.

What the PDAs do: On startup they connect to a dedicated wireless lan
and receive their IP from the AP's DHCP server. All they get is an IP,
Subnet mask and a Gateway IP so no DNS IP because we don't have a DNS
and no Internet Connection.

Now my question: How can I read the IP that the wireless adapter is
assigned to (preferrably in C#)?
If I used the normal .NET framework or had a DNS server then I'd be
fine but without these? There must be a solution?

I'd be thankful for every response!

Thanks for reading,
Stephan

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

You didn't find that? I'm seriously surprised. That is, if the program to
get the IP is *on the PPC*. Is it? If so, the code to do that is dead
simple in OpenNETCF's Smart Device Framework. You can use 1.0 or 2.0.

Paul T.

 

[Stephan Baune]

You didn't find that? I'm seriously surprised. That is, if the program to
get the IP is *on the PPC*. Is it? If so, the code to do that is dead
simple in OpenNETCF's Smart Device Framework. You can use 1.0 or 2.0.

No, I didn't find that, I'm sorry.
It is on the Pocket PC, yes.

Is it also dead simple to be more precise? Thank you.

 

[Guest]

http://opennetcf.org/library/OpenNETCF.Net.Adapter.CurrentIpAddress.html

-Chris

 

[Stephan Baune]

Isn't there a way to do this without the OpenNETCF?

 

[Guest]

Sure, write the stuff we did yourself. Really, that's how it would be done.
We didn't do anything magic - we just wrote P/Invoke wrappers around all of
the WZC APIs.

-Chris

Isn't there a way to do this without the OpenNETCF?

http://opennetcf.org/library/OpenNETCF.Net.Adapter.CurrentIpAddress.html

-Chris

Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] wrote:
You didn't find that? I'm seriously surprised. That is, if the
program
to
get the IP is *on the PPC*. Is it? If so, the code to do that is
dead
simple in OpenNETCF's Smart Device Framework. You can use 1.0 or 2.0.

No, I didn't find that, I'm sorry.
It is on the Pocket PC, yes.

Is it also dead simple to be more precise? Thank you.


Paul T.

Hey guys,

I've searched a lot and didn't find a suitable solution for my
problem
which I'm about to describe.
I'm responsible for the network stuff in a university project which
is
an application for PDAs with Windows Mobile 2003 SE. Because it's M$
and the general *ahem* crappiness of J2ME and virtual machines for
mobile devices we decided to implement everything with the help of
.NET
CF and C#.

What the PDAs do: On startup they connect to a dedicated wireless
lan
and receive their IP from the AP's DHCP server. All they get is an
IP,
Subnet mask and a Gateway IP so no DNS IP because we don't have a
DNS
and no Internet Connection.

Now my question: How can I read the IP that the wireless adapter is
assigned to (preferrably in C#)?
If I used the normal .NET framework or had a DNS server then I'd be
fine but without these? There must be a solution?

I'd be thankful for every response!

Thanks for reading,
Stephan

 

[Simon Hart]

The OpenNETCF source is available on their web site, just copy the bits you
want.

Simon.

Isn't there a way to do this without the OpenNETCF?

http://opennetcf.org/library/OpenNETCF.Net.Adapter.CurrentIpAddress.html

-Chris

Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] wrote:
You didn't find that? I'm seriously surprised. That is, if the
program
to
get the IP is *on the PPC*. Is it? If so, the code to do that is
dead
simple in OpenNETCF's Smart Device Framework. You can use 1.0 or 2.0.

No, I didn't find that, I'm sorry.
It is on the Pocket PC, yes.

Is it also dead simple to be more precise? Thank you.


Paul T.

Hey guys,

I've searched a lot and didn't find a suitable solution for my
problem
which I'm about to describe.
I'm responsible for the network stuff in a university project which
is
an application for PDAs with Windows Mobile 2003 SE. Because it's M$
and the general *ahem* crappiness of J2ME and virtual machines for
mobile devices we decided to implement everything with the help of
.NET
CF and C#.

What the PDAs do: On startup they connect to a dedicated wireless
lan
and receive their IP from the AP's DHCP server. All they get is an
IP,
Subnet mask and a Gateway IP so no DNS IP because we don't have a
DNS
and no Internet Connection.

Now my question: How can I read the IP that the wireless adapter is
assigned to (preferrably in C#)?
If I used the normal .NET framework or had a DNS server then I'd be
fine but without these? There must be a solution?

I'd be thankful for every response!

Thanks for reading,
Stephan