Question

Change IP mode (Static/Dynamic)

Asked by: AWestEng

Hi I need some help to get this code to work

The function should switch between Dynamic and static IP modes

Private Sub ChangeIPMode(ByVal iMode As Integer)
 
        ' This script runs in the following modes
        ' iMode = 0 Query mode.
        '       = 1 Static IP mode.
        '       = 2 Dynamic(DHCP) IP mode.
        ' To use this script, first run it in query mode to find out the network adapter index.
        ' Change iIndex according to the result from query mode. You can then create 2 scripts
        ' based upon this script. Name one script as staticip.vbs and the other dynamicip.vbs and
        ' change the iMode and static IP configuration accordingly.
 
        '// Adapter Index
        Const iIndex As Integer = 1
 
        Dim strIPAddress
        Dim strSubnetMask
        Dim strGateway
        Dim strDNSServerSearchOrder
        Dim strGatewayMetric
        Dim strComputer
        Dim blnQuery As Boolean
        Dim blnDHCPEnabled As Boolean
 
        Dim objWMIService
        Dim colNetAdapters
 
        ' The static IP address configuration here
        strIPAddress = "192.168.1.60"
        strSubnetMask = "255.255.255.0"
        strGateway = "192.168.1.1"
        strDNSServerSearchOrder = "192.186.1.103"
        strGatewayMetric = "1"
 
        'Do not change below.
        strComputer = "."
        objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
        colNetAdapters = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
            ("Select * from Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration where IPEnabled=TRUE")
 
        Select Case iMode
            Case 0
                blnQuery = True
            Case 1
                blnDHCPEnabled = False
            Case 2
                blnDHCPEnabled = True
        End Select
 
        Dim errDNSServerSearchOrder
        Dim errEnable
        Dim errGateways
 
        ' Try
 
 
        For Each objNetAdapter In colNetAdapters
            If blnQuery Then
                MessageBox.Show("Adpater index = " & " " & objNetAdapter.Index & vbTab & _
                objNetAdapter.Description)
            Else
                If objNetAdapter.Index = iIndex Then
                    If blnDHCPEnabled = True Then
                        errDNSServerSearchOrder = objNetAdapter.SetDNSServerSearchOrder()
                        errEnable = objNetAdapter.EnableDHCP()
                        errGateways = objNetAdapter.RenewDHCPLease()
                    Else
                        errEnable = objNetAdapter.EnableStatic(strIPAddress, strSubnetMask)
                        errGateways = objNetAdapter.SetGateways(strGateway, strGatewayMetric)
                        errDNSServerSearchOrder = objNetAdapter.SetDNSServerSearchOrder(strDNSServerSearchOrder)
                    End If
                    If (errEnable = 0) And (errDNSServerSearchOrder = 0) And (errGateways = 0) Then
                        MessageBox.Show("The IP address has been changed.")
                    Else
                        MessageBox.Show("The IP address could not be changed.")
                    End If
                End If
            End If
        Next
 
        Dim s As String = "Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration WHERE IPEnabled = True"
        Dim WMISearcher As System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher = _
                        New ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM " + s)
        Dim para As ManagementBaseObject = Nothing
        Dim iface As String = Nothing
        For Each mo As ManagementObject In WMISearcher.Get
            iface = mo("Caption").ToString()
            If Not CBool(mo("DHCPEnabled")) AndAlso _
               MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Für das Interface "" {0} "" DHCP aktivieren?", iface), "", _
               MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) = DialogResult.Yes Then
                mo.InvokeMethod("EnableDHCP", New Object() {})
            End If
        Next
        'Catch ex As Exception
 
        'End Try
    End Sub

                                  
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2007-12-29 at 09:03:41ID23048931
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by: ericwong27Posted on 2007-12-29 at 09:38:12ID: 20548362

How about using API?

Imports System.Diagnostics 
 
' Static 
Process proc = new Process();
proc.Start("netsh", "interface ip add address name=\""Local Area Connection\"" addr=192.168.1.60 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.186.1.103")
 
' Dynamic
Process proc = new Process();
proc.Start("netsh", "interface ip set address ""Local Area Connection"" dhcp")
                                              
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by: ericwong27Posted on 2007-12-29 at 09:41:13ID: 20548369

Dim proc As New Process()
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "netsh.exe "
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "interface ip add address name=\""Local Area Connection\"" addr=192.168.1.60 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.186.1.103"
proc.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden
retVal = proc.Start() 
                                              
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by: AWestEngPosted on 2007-12-29 at 09:46:17ID: 20548380

but this is needs the name of the adapter.

is there away to check which apater is used and get that name

 

by: AWestEngPosted on 2007-12-29 at 10:00:18ID: 20548412

but hod do I change back to dynamic

 

by: AWestEngPosted on 2007-12-29 at 10:53:48ID: 20548552

any ideas?

 

by: AWestEngPosted on 2007-12-29 at 12:22:17ID: 20548895

how do I get the name of the active adapter?

So I don't get the Local Area Connection

 

by: VBANPosted on 2009-12-12 at 08:54:40ID: 26035697

I have code that will load the active adapters on the local machine into a combobox.  Then I pass the combobox selected item to the WIN32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration query.

Did you ever get your code working because I am trying to do the same thing and am having trouble getting the adapter to change from static to DHCP.


I would like to see your working code.

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