♦ Network Adapter name

Figure 1:Output Screen show Adapter name

The previous example (click see) Lab note we use c# find MAC Address only. this example will show how to get Lan card name or Adapter name

Syntax
       string NetworkInterfaces.Description

output
       Get the description of  the network interface.


Example :Get Network Adapter name

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Net.NetworkInformation;

namespace getmac
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            NetworkInterface[] nics = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces();
            int num_nics=nics.Length;
            textBox1.Text += "Totals NIC(s) is " + num_nics + "  set(s)";
            textBox1.Text += Environment.NewLine;
            textBox1.Text += Environment.NewLine;

            for (int i=0; i< num_nics; i++)
            {
                PhysicalAddress mac = nics[i].GetPhysicalAddress();  
          
                textBox1.Text += i+") "+mac.ToString();
                textBox1.Text += "    ("+nics[i].Description+")";
                textBox1.Text += Environment.NewLine;
            }
        }
    }
}

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