WMI vs NETSH for Adding IP's to NIC with C#?

Question

I am writing a small tool to simplify some of the stuff I do at work day to day, and the Windows GUI for adding IP's to the NIC is horrid. I am looking to find a decent way to...

• Pull all Static IP's that are currently on the NIC (just to see a list)

• Add either a single or range of IP's to the NIC

I found Configuring TCP/IP Settings using WMI and C# and THIS snippet for adding an IP to the NIC using netsh. What would be the best way to approach this and would solution should I use to do it?

Answer 1

I had the same problem and after some research i choose WMI.

I think netsh is better if you use the script alone (i means not in a code). Personnaly i want to configure NIC in a c# code so WMI look more practical and i's quite easy to use it with a config file made in xml.