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some problems about modify IP address with System.Management(WMI)

I want to know the meaning of "ManagementObject" returnValue, such as '2147947410'.
Does C# have any other options to modify IP address, except through WMI?
How to prevent windows change IP address to 169.254.XXX, when it detect IP conflict?
Before run the code, I modify one network's IP address to 192.168.1.66(not my targe network). [Fig.1]
Then run the code , it would not throw any exceptions, outPar["returnValue"] returns value 2147947410, but if I open target network's opions, the IP address is blank! [Fig.2]
And, if type "ipconfig" in CMD, I will see the target network's IP is 169.254.XXX. I know that means "ip conflict". [Fig.2]
Below is the code.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Run Code in Admin mode.
ManagementBaseObject inPar = null;
ManagementBaseObject outPar = null;
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
if (!(bool)mo["IPEnabled"])
continue;
string[] addresses = (string[])mo["IPAddress"];
Console.WriteLine("开始修改");
try
{
//设置ip地址和子网掩码 
inPar = mo.GetMethodParameters("EnableStatic");
inPar["IPAddress"] = new string[] { "192.168.1.66" };
inPar["SubnetMask"] = new string[] { "255.255.255.0" };
outPar = mo.InvokeMethod("EnableStatic", inPar, null);
Console.WriteLine(outPar["returnValue"]);
//设置网关地址 
inPar = mo.GetMethodParameters("SetGateways");
inPar["DefaultIPGateway"] = new string[] { "0.0.0.0" };
outPar = mo.InvokeMethod("SetGateways", inPar, null);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw e;
}
//设置DNS 
inPar = mo.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
inPar["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = new string[] { "0.0.0.0" };
outPar = mo.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", inPar, null);
break;
}
Console.ReadLine();
}

setup other computer network and configure the ip address programatically C#

I have some sample codes where I can change my own ip address.
Now i have a problem regarding changing the ip address of my networks.
When i mean networks (Computers that are connected to the lan)
I want to connect and configure their ip address as well.
Example
I have 2 computers and the ip addresses are 192.168.1.6 - Computer 1 and 192.168.1.7 - Computer 2. So now I am at computer 1 and I want to connect to 192.168.1.7 and change the ip address to 192.168.1.8
CODE
private void button1_Click_1(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//example of ip 10.11.3.120
try
{
setIP();
setGateway();
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
}
finally
{
setIP();
setGateway();
MessageBox.Show("Update Success");
}
}
private void setIP()
{
ManagementClass objMC = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection objMOC = objMC.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject objMO in objMOC)
{
if ((bool)objMO["IPEnabled"])
{
try
{
ManagementBaseObject setIP;
ManagementBaseObject newIP =
objMO.GetMethodParameters("EnableStatic");
//string ip_address = "10.11.3.120";
//string subnet_mask = "255.255.255.0";
newIP["IPAddress"] = new string[] { textBox1.Text };
newIP["SubnetMask"] = new string[] { textBox2.Text };
setIP = objMO.InvokeMethod("EnableStatic", newIP, null);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
}
}
}
}
public void setGateway()
{
ManagementClass objMC = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection objMOC = objMC.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject objMO in objMOC)
{
if ((bool)objMO["IPEnabled"])
{
try
{
ManagementBaseObject setGateway;
ManagementBaseObject newGateway =
objMO.GetMethodParameters("SetGateways");
newGateway["DefaultIPGateway"] = new string[] { textBox3.Text };
newGateway["GatewayCostMetric"] = new int[] { 1 };
setGateway = objMO.InvokeMethod("SetGateways", newGateway, null);
}
catch (Exception)
{
throw;
}
}
}
}

This is not a direct answer. However, you should have all the information you need here
Connecting to WMI Remotely with C#
In short you will need create a system ManagementScope
Note System.Management was the original .NET namespace used to access
WMI; however, the APIs in this namespace generally are slower and do
not scale as well relative to their more modern
Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure counterparts.
However
Create a ManagementScope object, using the name of the computer and the WMI path, and connect to your target with a call to ManagementScope.Connect().
If you connect to a remote computer in a different domain or using a different user name and password, then you must use a ConnectionOptions object in the call to the ManagementScope.
The ConnectionOptions contains properties for describing the
Authentication, Impersonation, username, password, and other
connection options.
ConnectionOptions options = new ConnectionOptions();
options.Impersonation = System.Management.ImpersonationLevel.Impersonate;
// options takes more arguments, you need to read up on what you want
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope("\\\\FullComputerName\\root\\cimv2", options);
scope.Connect();
ManagementPath path = new ManagementPath("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ObjectGetOptions o = new ObjectGetOptions(null, System.TimeSpan.MaxValue, true);
ManagementClass objMC = new ManagementClass(scope, path, o);
...
Generally speaking, it is recommended that you set your Impersonation
level to Impersonate unless explicitly needed otherwise
Additional reading
Connecting to WMI Remotely with C#
ManagementScope Class
ConnectionOptions Class
ObjectGetOptions Class
ManagementPath Class
ManagementClass Class
Disclaimer : You will have to read about these topics and work out what you need in your situation.

How to Change DNS with C# on Windows 10

I'm trying to change the DNS on Windows 10 through VB.NET.
I have code that works on Windows 7, however it does not work on Windows 10.
Here is my code for Windows 7 that changes the DNS:
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
if ((bool)mo["IPEnabled"])
{
ManagementBaseObject objdns = mo.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
if (objdns != null)
{
string[] s = { "192.168.XX.X", "XXX.XX.X.XX" };
objdns["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = s;
mo.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", objdns, null);
My question is, how do I get this to work on Windows 10 OS?

First you need to get the NetworkInterface you want to set/unset DNS
I've tested this code on the latest version of Windows 10 and it works like a charm!
Here is the code to find the active Ethernet or Wifi network (Not 100% accurate but useful in most cases)
public static NetworkInterface GetActiveEthernetOrWifiNetworkInterface()
{
var Nic = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces().FirstOrDefault(
a => a.OperationalStatus == OperationalStatus.Up &&
(a.NetworkInterfaceType == NetworkInterfaceType.Wireless80211 || a.NetworkInterfaceType == NetworkInterfaceType.Ethernet) &&
a.GetIPProperties().GatewayAddresses.Any(g => g.Address.AddressFamily.ToString() == "InterNetwork"));
return Nic;
}
SetDNS
public static void SetDNS(string DnsString)
{
string[] Dns = { DnsString };
var CurrentInterface = GetActiveEthernetOrWifiNetworkInterface();
if (CurrentInterface == null) return;
ManagementClass objMC = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection objMOC = objMC.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject objMO in objMOC)
{
if ((bool)objMO["IPEnabled"])
{
if (objMO["Description"].ToString().Equals(CurrentInterface.Description))
{
ManagementBaseObject objdns = objMO.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
if (objdns != null)
{
objdns["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = Dns;
objMO.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", objdns, null);
}
}
}
}
}
UnsetDNS
public static void UnsetDNS()
{
var CurrentInterface = GetActiveEthernetOrWifiNetworkInterface();
if (CurrentInterface == null) return;
ManagementClass objMC = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection objMOC = objMC.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject objMO in objMOC)
{
if ((bool)objMO["IPEnabled"])
{
if (objMO["Description"].ToString().Equals(CurrentInterface.Description))
{
ManagementBaseObject objdns = objMO.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
if (objdns != null)
{
objdns["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = null;
objMO.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", objdns, null);
}
}
}
}
}
Usage
SetDNS("127.0.0.1");

Combining multiple solutions I found that the following code is working great for Windows 10 and 8.1 (others not tested, but should work as well):
public static void setDNS(string NIC, string DNS)
{
ConnectionOptions options = PrepareOptions();
ManagementScope scope = PrepareScope(Environment.MachineName, options, #"\root\CIMV2");
ManagementPath managementPath = new ManagementPath("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ObjectGetOptions objectGetOptions = new ObjectGetOptions();
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass(scope, managementPath, objectGetOptions);
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
if ((bool)mo["IPEnabled"])
{
if (mo["Caption"].ToString().Contains(NIC))
{
try
{
ManagementBaseObject newDNS = mo.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
newDNS["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = DNS.Split(',');
ManagementBaseObject setDNS = mo.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", newDNS, null);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
Console.ReadKey();
throw;
}
}
}
}
}
The application needs to run with elevated permissions (in my case I'm starting an elevated process running an .exe):
private void callSwapDNS(string NIC, string DNS)
{
const int ERROR_CANCELLED = 1223; //The operation was canceled by the user.
ProcessStartInfo info = new ProcessStartInfo(#"swap.exe");
string wrapped = string.Format(#"""{0}"" ""{1}""", NIC, DNS);
info.Arguments = wrapped;
info.UseShellExecute = true;
info.Verb = "runas";
info.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
try
{
Process.Start(info);
Thread.Sleep(500);
}
catch (Win32Exception ex)
{
if (ex.NativeErrorCode == ERROR_CANCELLED)
MessageBox.Show("Why you no select Yes?");
else
throw;
}
}
Using mo["Caption"].ToString().Contains(NIC) doesn't work for Windows 10 as the WMI query returns the NIC-Name leading with [000000]
[000000] Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
on my Windows 10 machine.
Credit to the following answers: [WMI not working after upgrading to Windows 10
WMI not working after upgrading to Windows 10
How can you change Network settings (IP Address, DNS, WINS, Host Name) with code in C#
and the answers to this question.

With Windows 10 you may need authentication first. Pass a ConnectionOptions instance to a ManagementScope constructor, defining your Authentication and Impersonation properties.
Try this:
// Method to prepare the WMI query connection options.
public static ConnectionOptions PrepareOptions ( )
{
ConnectionOptions options = new ConnectionOptions ( );
options . Impersonation = ImpersonationLevel . Impersonate;
options . Authentication = AuthenticationLevel . Default;
options . EnablePrivileges = true;
return options;
}
// Method to prepare WMI query management scope.
public static ManagementScope PrepareScope ( string machineName , ConnectionOptions options , string path )
{
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope ( );
scope . Path = new ManagementPath ( #"\\" + machineName + path );
scope . Options = options;
scope . Connect ( );
return scope;
}
// Set DNS.
ConnectionOptions options = PrepareOptions ( );
ManagementScope scope = PrepareScope ( Environment . MachineName , options , #"\root\CIMV2" );
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass(scope, "Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
if ((bool)mo["IPEnabled"])
{
ManagementBaseObject objdns = mo.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
if (objdns != null)
{
string[] s = { "192.168.XX.X", "XXX.XX.X.XX" };
objdns["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = s;
mo.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", objdns, null);
Based on this answer:
WMI not working after upgrading to Windows 10

This is the code I use to do this and it works:
/// <summary>
/// Set's the DNS Server of the local machine
/// </summary>
/// <param name="NIC">NIC address</param>
/// <param name="DNS">DNS server address</param>
/// <remarks>Requires a reference to the System.Management namespace</remarks>
public void setDNS(string NIC, string DNS)
{
ManagementClass objMC = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection objMOC = objMC.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject objMO in objMOC)
{
if ((bool)objMO["IPEnabled"])
{
// if you are using the System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface you'll need to change this line to if (objMO["Caption"].ToString().Contains(NIC)) and pass in the Description property instead of the name
if (objMO["Caption"].Equals(NIC))
{
try
{
ManagementBaseObject newDNS =
objMO.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
newDNS["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = DNS.Split(',');
ManagementBaseObject setDNS =
objMO.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", newDNS, null);
}
catch (Exception)
{
throw;
}
}
}
}
}
Hope it helps...

Changing IP address in C#

I have a c# program that needs to connect to another computer via a UDP connection. In order to perform this operation, I need to temporarily change the IP address of my network card on my computer, so they can talk to one another. I can do this just fine. However, when I'm done, I want to restore my IP address back to what it was before; which is to automatically obtain an IP address.
Can someone tell me how to change my settings back to what they were previously?
Thanks,
Phil

You may want to check this SwitchNetConfig project.
The part that interest you is how to change the IP:
public static void SetIP( string nicName, string IpAddresses,
string SubnetMask, string Gateway, string DnsSearchOrder)
{
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass(
"Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();
foreach(ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
// Make sure this is a IP enabled device.
// Not something like memory card or VM Ware
if( mo["IPEnabled"] as bool )
{
if( mo["Caption"].Equals( nicName ) )
{
ManagementBaseObject newIP =
mo.GetMethodParameters( "EnableStatic" );
ManagementBaseObject newGate =
mo.GetMethodParameters( "SetGateways" );
ManagementBaseObject newDNS =
mo.GetMethodParameters( "SetDNSServerSearchOrder" );
newGate[ "DefaultIPGateway" ] = new string[] { Gateway };
newGate[ "GatewayCostMetric" ] = new int[] { 1 };
newIP[ "IPAddress" ] = IpAddresses.Split( ',' );
newIP[ "SubnetMask" ] = new string[] { SubnetMask };
newDNS[ "DNSServerSearchOrder" ] = DnsSearchOrder.Split(',');
ManagementBaseObject setIP = mo.InvokeMethod(
"EnableStatic", newIP, null);
ManagementBaseObject setGateways = mo.InvokeMethod(
"SetGateways", newGate, null);
ManagementBaseObject setDNS = mo.InvokeMethod(
"SetDNSServerSearchOrder", newDNS, null);
break;
}
}
}
}

Best way to programmatically configure network adapters in .NET

I have an application written in C# that needs to be able to configure the network adapters in Windows. I have this basically working through WMI, but there are a couple of things I don't like about that solution: sometimes the settings don't seem to stick, and when the network cable is not plugged in, errors are returned from the WMI methods, so I can't tell if they really succeeded or not.
I need to be able to configure all of the settings available through the network connections - Properties - TCP/IP screens.
What's the best way to do this?

You could use Process to fire off netsh commands to set all the properties in the network dialogs.
eg:
To set a static ipaddress on an adapter
netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" static 192.168.0.10 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1
To set it to dhcp you'd use
netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" dhcp
To do it from C# would be
Process p = new Process();
ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo("netsh", "interface ip set address \"Local Area Connection\" static 192.168.0.10 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1");
p.StartInfo = psi;
p.Start();
Setting to static can take a good couple of seconds to complete so if you need to, make sure you wait for the process to exit.

With my code
SetIpAddress and SetDHCP
/// <summary>
/// Sets the ip address.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="nicName">Name of the nic.</param>
/// <param name="ipAddress">The ip address.</param>
/// <param name="subnetMask">The subnet mask.</param>
/// <param name="gateway">The gateway.</param>
/// <param name="dns1">The DNS1.</param>
/// <param name="dns2">The DNS2.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool SetIpAddress(
string nicName,
string ipAddress,
string subnetMask,
string gateway = null,
string dns1 = null,
string dns2 = null)
{
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();
NetworkInterface[] interfaces = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces();
NetworkInterface networkInterface = interfaces.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == nicName);
string nicDesc = nicName;
if (networkInterface != null)
{
nicDesc = networkInterface.Description;
}
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
if ((bool)mo["IPEnabled"] == true
&& mo["Description"].Equals(nicDesc) == true)
{
try
{
ManagementBaseObject newIP = mo.GetMethodParameters("EnableStatic");
newIP["IPAddress"] = new string[] { ipAddress };
newIP["SubnetMask"] = new string[] { subnetMask };
ManagementBaseObject setIP = mo.InvokeMethod("EnableStatic", newIP, null);
if (gateway != null)
{
ManagementBaseObject newGateway = mo.GetMethodParameters("SetGateways");
newGateway["DefaultIPGateway"] = new string[] { gateway };
newGateway["GatewayCostMetric"] = new int[] { 1 };
ManagementBaseObject setGateway = mo.InvokeMethod("SetGateways", newGateway, null);
}
if (dns1 != null || dns2 != null)
{
ManagementBaseObject newDns = mo.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
var dns = new List<string>();
if (dns1 != null)
{
dns.Add(dns1);
}
if (dns2 != null)
{
dns.Add(dns2);
}
newDns["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = dns.ToArray();
ManagementBaseObject setDNS = mo.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", newDns, null);
}
}
catch
{
return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets the DHCP.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="nicName">Name of the nic.</param>
public static bool SetDHCP(string nicName)
{
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();
NetworkInterface[] interfaces = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces();
NetworkInterface networkInterface = interfaces.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == nicName);
string nicDesc = nicName;
if (networkInterface != null)
{
nicDesc = networkInterface.Description;
}
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
if ((bool)mo["IPEnabled"] == true
&& mo["Description"].Equals(nicDesc) == true)
{
try
{
ManagementBaseObject newDNS = mo.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
newDNS["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = null;
ManagementBaseObject enableDHCP = mo.InvokeMethod("EnableDHCP", null, null);
ManagementBaseObject setDNS = mo.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", newDNS, null);
}
catch
{
return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}

with the help of #PaulB's answers help
NetworkInterface[] nics = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces();
Process p = new Process();
ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo("netsh", "interface ip set address " + nics[0].Name + " static 192.168." + provider_ip + "." + index + " 255.255.255.0 192.168." + provider_ip + ".1 1");
p.StartInfo = psi;
p.StartInfo.Verb = "runas";
p.Start();

I can tell you the way the trojans do it, after having had to clean up after a few of them, is to set registry keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. The main ones they set are the DNS ones and that approach definitely sticks which can be attested to by anyone who has ever been infected and can no longer get to windowsupdate.com, mcafee.com, etc.

Checkout this app. it is a complete application to set both wifi and ethernet ips
https://github.com/kamran7679/ConfigureIP