Suppose for a moment that you want to write an application that provides detailed information about the network devices on the host computer. Certainly, you could use something such as Powershell scripting or simple batch processes to run terminal commands such as ipconfig /all or the netsh dump command, writing the results to a text file. But what if you want more information about your system? What if you want to deploy this software to multiple hosts with incompatible terminals? A scripting solution, while relatively simple, is incredibly inflexible and limited in its potential scope.
Instead, using the NetworkInterface class and its subclasses, you could access information about your network devices ...
