determining network connection

[jack Lindsay]

Hi guys.

im shortly gonna be building a simple web browser app for a rep team. what i was wondering was, if vb.net has the functionality to determin between what network connection is being used.

here's what i was thinking and also what we use.

1 laptop,
1 usb dongle modem(3g,hsdpa)whatsamacallit.
2 different web links

when a rep logs on the internet through a wireless lan connection at a branch office and wishes to access a particular company website, he can do so by visiting a specific link. if he chooses to visit the same site through the "dongle", he has to use a different link (dont ask me why...i didn't design the system).

what i was hoping for was a custom web browser that looks at what connection is being used (LAN or DONGLE) and then based on that connection, uses a specified link.

i can figure the logic for most of it (if statement) and i already have a working web browser that i can modify to suit my needs...its just determining the connection.

thanks in advance

jack lindsay

 

[jack Lindsay]

Been a while since i've checked this post...no replys , can it not be done?

if not, any ideas how it can be...maybe in another language?

 

[MattP]

Look through this article Digging into Network Adapters with Visual Basic.NET and VBScript using WMI

ConnectionState should be the property you're looking for on the adapter.

 

[cjard]

I wouldnt bother. It would be far simpler to just design an HTML page as a launch pad with a:

Click here if youre using a dongle

Click here if youre on the LAN


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However, you might have some luck doing stuff like looking at the machine's IP address.. the dongle might be a different IP range or have a different subnet mask and gateway compared to the LAN. Run IPCONFIG on a couple of machiens and take a look