Getting the list of DNS servers addresses ( Windows Store APP, C++)

Question

Hi

I need to retrieve the list of DNS server addresses in the Windows Store application (C++).

This discussion is about the same issue but there are no answers.

Is it possible?

Thanks,

Rafi

Answer 1

I don't believe there's any way to get this information.

The best I can offer is that you can get the local IP address by creating a new StreamSocket ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/windows.networking.sockets.streamsocket.aspx ) and then through its Information property getting the LocalAddress property. This isn't a solution to the problem, though. Sorry.

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Answer 2

I went through the exercise of trying to figure this out also for Windows Store Applications and determined that this kind of system level information is not available. Once you've made a socket connection you can determine the IP Address or canonical name of a host. But things like what DNS, WINS, default gateway, etc. that a network interface is configured with is not available, at least from my research.