How do I get the network interface and its right IPv4 address?

Murhaf Sousli picture Murhaf Sousli · Mar 24, 2012 · Viewed 85.7k times · Source

I need to know how to get all network interfaces with their IPv4 address. Or just wireless and Ethernet.

To get all network interfaces details I use this:

foreach (NetworkInterface ni in NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()) {
    if(ni.NetworkInterfaceType == NetworkInterfaceType.Wireless80211 ||
       ni.NetworkInterfaceType == NetworkInterfaceType.Ethernet) {

        Console.WriteLine(ni.Name);
    }
}

And to get the all hosted IPv4 addresses of the computer:

IPAddress [] IPS = Dns.GetHostAddresses(Dns.GetHostName());
foreach (IPAddress ip in IPS) {
    if (ip.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetwork) {

        Console.WriteLine("IP address: " + ip);
    }
}

But how to get the network interface and its right ipv4 address?

Answer

bwall picture bwall · Apr 8, 2012
foreach(NetworkInterface ni in NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces())
{
   if(ni.NetworkInterfaceType == NetworkInterfaceType.Wireless80211 || ni.NetworkInterfaceType == NetworkInterfaceType.Ethernet)
   {
       Console.WriteLine(ni.Name);
       foreach (UnicastIPAddressInformation ip in ni.GetIPProperties().UnicastAddresses)
       {
           if (ip.Address.AddressFamily == System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily.InterNetwork)
           {
               Console.WriteLine(ip.Address.ToString());
           }
       }
   }  
}

This should get you what you want. ip.Address is an IPAddress, that you want.