Finding the Unicast DNS and Gateway Address in UWP

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Hello everyone! I'm using Windows 10 IoT Core and I've been looking for a way to get the Unicast, DNS and Gateway Address. I thought the NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces() method could give me those values, but it seems to be missing in UWP. Is there another way for me to find them? It should be possible, I just don't know how. Please help!

Aug 20, 2018 in IoT (Internet of Things) by Bharani
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Try the PInvoke api methods from Iphlpapi.dll. It has multiple methods that could contain the information you're looking for, like say GetInterfaceInfo(), GetAdaptersInfo(), GetAdaptersAddresses(), etc. You could get the Unicast, DNS and Gateway Address from here using more than one of these methods.
You could check out this sample code from PInvoke.Net as a reference for getting the values you need: 

public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
{
    public MainPage()
    {
        this.InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void Page_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        List<string> list = new List<string>();

        IP_INTERFACE_INFO ips = Iphlpapi.GetInterfaceInfo();

        list.Add(string.Format("Adapter count = {0}", ips.NumAdapters));

        foreach (IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP ip in ips.Adapter)
            list.Add(string.Format("Index = {0}, Name = {1}", ip.Index, ip.Name));

        listView1.ItemsSource = list;
    }
}

// PInvoke
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public struct IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP
{
    public int Index;
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = PInvokes.MAX_ADAPTER_NAME)]
    public String Name;
}

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public struct IP_INTERFACE_INFO
{
    public int NumAdapters;
    public IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP[] Adapter;

    public static IP_INTERFACE_INFO FromByteArray(Byte[] buffer)
    {
        unsafe
        {
            IP_INTERFACE_INFO rv = new IP_INTERFACE_INFO();
            int iNumAdapters = 0;
            Marshal.Copy(buffer, 0, new IntPtr(&iNumAdapters), 4);
            IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP[] adapters = new IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP[iNumAdapters];
            rv.NumAdapters = iNumAdapters;
            rv.Adapter = new IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP[iNumAdapters];
            int offset = sizeof(int);
            for (int i = 0; i < iNumAdapters; i++)
            {
                IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP map = new IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP();
                IntPtr ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf(map));
                Marshal.StructureToPtr(map, ptr, false);
                Marshal.Copy(buffer, offset, ptr, Marshal.SizeOf(map));
                //map = (IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP)Marshal.PtrToStructure(ptr, typeof(IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP));
                map = Marshal.PtrToStructure<IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP>(ptr);
                Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptr);
                rv.Adapter[i] = map;
                offset += Marshal.SizeOf(map);
            }
            return rv;
        }
    }
}

internal class PInvokes
{
    public const int MAX_ADAPTER_NAME = 128;

    public const int ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER = 122;
    public const int ERROR_SUCCESS = 0;

    [DllImport("Iphlpapi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
    public static extern int GetInterfaceInfo(Byte[] PIfTableBuffer, ref int size);

    [DllImport("Iphlpapi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
    public static extern int IpReleaseAddress(ref IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP AdapterInfo);
}

public class Iphlpapi
{
    public static IP_INTERFACE_INFO GetInterfaceInfo()
    {
        int size = 0;
        int r = PInvokes.GetInterfaceInfo(null, ref size);
        Byte[] buffer = new Byte[size];
        r = PInvokes.GetInterfaceInfo(buffer, ref size);
        if (r != PInvokes.ERROR_SUCCESS)
            throw new Exception("GetInterfaceInfo returned an error.");
        IP_INTERFACE_INFO info = IP_INTERFACE_INFO.FromByteArray(buffer);
        return info;
    }
}

answered Aug 20, 2018 by nirvana
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