wmi CIM_NetworkAdapter reference for Network Programming in .NET with C# & Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET)

WMI class ' CIM_NetworkAdapter ' reference for C# and VB.NET

MOF Reference

[Description("NetworkAdapter is an Abstract class defining general networking hardware concepts (for example, PermanentAddress or Speed of operation). NetworkAdapters are Devices with the ability to support multiple, higher level protocols and provide the implementation behind the Network Model's ProtocolEndpoint class. (This information is conveyed using the DeviceSAPImplementation association, defined in the Core Model.) NetworkAdapters and their Endpoints represent the potential for connectivity among peers.\nThe 'potential for connectivity' is very different than the master-slave/controller-controlled by relationships of CIM_Controller. Sometimes, however, a single Device is both a kind of NetworkAdapter and a Controller - for example, when a FibreChannelAdapater is operating as a ComputerSystem's SCSIController. In this case, there are aspects of the Device that are network oriented and others that are Controller oriented - and, both the Controller and Adapter classes should be instantiated. A DeviceIdentity relationship would also be created to tie together these differing aspects/abstractions of the Device."): ToSubClass, AMENDMENT, LOCALE(1033)]
class CIM_NetworkAdapter : CIM_LogicalDevice
{
	[Description("PermanentAddress defines the network address hard coded into an adapter.  This 'hard coded' address may be changed via firmware upgrade or software configuration. If so, this field should be updated when the change is made.  PermanentAddress should be left blank if no 'hard coded' address exists for the network adapter."): ToSubClass] string PermanentAddress;
	[Description("An array of strings indicating the network addresses for an adapter."): ToSubClass] string NetworkAddresses[];
	[Description("An estimate of the current bandwidth in bits per second. For endpoints which vary in bandwidth or for those where no accurate estimation can be made, this property should contain the nominal bandwidth."): ToSubClass] uint64 Speed;
	[Description("The maximum speed, in bits per second, for the network adapter."): ToSubClass] uint64 MaxSpeed;
	[Description("A boolean indicating whether the NetworkAdapter is capable of automatically determining the speed or other communications characteristics of the attached network media."): ToSubClass] boolean AutoSense;
};

Class properties:

CIM_NetworkAdapter.AutoSense
CIM_NetworkAdapter.Availability
CIM_NetworkAdapter.Caption
CIM_NetworkAdapter.ConfigManagerErrorCode
CIM_NetworkAdapter.ConfigManagerUserConfig
CIM_NetworkAdapter.CreationClassName
CIM_NetworkAdapter.Description
CIM_NetworkAdapter.DeviceID
CIM_NetworkAdapter.ErrorCleared
CIM_NetworkAdapter.ErrorDescription
CIM_NetworkAdapter.InstallDate
CIM_NetworkAdapter.LastErrorCode
CIM_NetworkAdapter.MaxSpeed
CIM_NetworkAdapter.Name
CIM_NetworkAdapter.NetworkAddresses
CIM_NetworkAdapter.PermanentAddress
CIM_NetworkAdapter.PNPDeviceID
CIM_NetworkAdapter.PowerManagementCapabilities
CIM_NetworkAdapter.PowerManagementSupported
CIM_NetworkAdapter.Speed
CIM_NetworkAdapter.Status
CIM_NetworkAdapter.StatusInfo
CIM_NetworkAdapter.SystemCreationClassName
CIM_NetworkAdapter.SystemName

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WMI class ' CIM_NetworkAdapter ' reference for C# and VB.NET

MOF Reference

Class properties: