[howto] get the nameserver name?

[Wiktor Zychla]

In my code I have to query the local dns server for some data. however, I
have no idea how to get the name of the local DNS server.

could anyone point me the right direction?
thanks in advance,

Wiktor Zychla

[Girish Bharadwaj]

Re: [howto] get the nameserver name?

Wiktor Zychla wrote:
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> In my code I have to query the local dns server for some data. however, I
> have no idea how to get the name of the local DNS server.
>
> could anyone point me the right direction?
> thanks in advance,
>
> Wiktor Zychla
>
>[/color]

Would System.Net.Dns class help you?

--
Girish Bharadwaj

[Wiktor Zychla]

Re: [howto] get the nameserver name?

> Would System.Net.Dns class help you?

If you can help to show me the proper method or property of this class, I
would be grateful. I make a heavy use of Dns class and didn't find any way
to get the nameserver name.

[Girish Bharadwaj]

Re: [howto] get the nameserver name?

Wiktor Zychla wrote:
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>>Would System.Net.Dns class help you?[/color]
>
>
> If you can help to show me the proper method or property of this class, I
> would be grateful. I make a heavy use of Dns class and didn't find any way
> to get the nameserver name.
>
>[/color]
Oh.. Sorry, I was thinking you wanted the services of Dns and not the
name. If you have enough privileges, you can check the
"HKEY_LOCAL_MAC HINE\SYSTEM\Cur rentControlSet\ Services\Tcpip\ Parameters"'s
"NameServer " string.

--
Girish Bharadwaj

[Rich Blum]

Re: [howto] get the nameserver name?

"Wiktor Zychla" <ieUser@microso ft.com.no.spam> wrote in message news:<ucXTYtKmD HA.2140@TK2MSFT NGP09.phx.gbl>. ..[color=blue][color=green]
> > Would System.Net.Dns class help you?[/color]
>
> If you can help to show me the proper method or property of this class, I
> would be grateful. I make a heavy use of Dns class and didn't find any way
> to get the nameserver name.[/color]


You can use the System.Manageme nt methods:

class GetDNS
{
public static void Main()
{
ManagementObjec tSearcher mos = new ManagementObjec tSearcher(
"SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAd apterConfigurat ion WHERE IPEnabled = 'TRUE'");
ManagementObjec tCollection moc = mos.Get();
foreach(Managem entObject mo in moc)
{
Console.WriteLi ne("Network Card: {0}", mo["Descriptio n"]);
string[] hosts = (string[])mo["DNSServerSearc hOrder"];
foreach(string host in hosts)
Console.WriteLi ne(" DNS host: {0}",host);
}
}
}

Hope this helps some.

Rich Blum - Author
"C# Network Programming" (Sybex)

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