Get traffic staistics for network interface

Question

Hi all. I need to get a network statistics, especially total traffic count, for each network interface of the computer. I found that System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface class can be used to obtain information about IPv4 traffic, but I need to get all traffic count (not only IPv4) like network connection context menu 'Status' item does (in windows xp). Is there any way to get it using .Net classes, Win API or WMI? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Have you looked at the Performance counters under System.Diagnostic?

http://www.geekpedia.com/tutorial211_Using-Performance-Counters-in-Csharp.html

Answer 2

Thanks for your help. Looks like the "Network Interface" counters don't display total traffic count. But they gather other information very helpfull for me.