Public Sub NetworkInstalledPrinter(ByVal strComputer As String, ByVal strUserName As String, ByVal strPwd As String) Try Dim Query As Management.ObjectQuery = New System.Management.ObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer") Dim moSearcher As Management.ManagementObjectSearcher = New System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher(Query) Dim moc As Management.ManagementObjectCollection = moSearcher.Get() For Each mo As Management.ManagementObject In moc Dim Pdc As Management.PropertyDataCollection = mo.Properties For Each pd As Management.PropertyData In Pdc Try If (CType(mo("Network"), Boolean)) Then Dim strName As String strName = CType(mo(pd.Name), String) If (strName.StartsWith("\\")) Then MessageBox.Show(strName) End If End If Catch ex As Exception Continue For End Try Next Next Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show(ex.Message) End Try End Sub
"Ping" is very basic utility for every network programmer. Here we will discuss ping a computer in Network using VB.Net. We have two methods for pinging a computer. Method 1: Here we will use VB.Net NetworkInformation NameSpace. Public Sub PingStatus(ByVal strComputer As String) Dim pingSender As Ping = New Ping() Dim options As PingOptions = New PingOptions() options.DontFragment = True 'Create a buffer of 32 bytes of data to be transmitted Dim data As String = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" Dim buffer As Byte() = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data) Dim timeout As Integer = 120 Dim reply As PingReply = pingSender.Send(strComputer, timeout, buffer, options) If (reply.Status = IPStatus.Success) Then MessageBox.Show("Ping Successed.") Else MessageBox.Show("Ping Faild.") End If End Sub Method 2: Here we are using .Net inbuil...