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System.Network.Wireless object

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Defines the properties and events for determining wireless network connectivity and interface settings.

Members

The System.Network.Wireless object has these types of members:

Events

The System.Network.Wireless object has these events.

Event Description
connectionChanged Event fired when the network connection changes.
signalStrengthChanged Event fired when the signal strength of a wireless connection changes.

Properties

The System.Network.Wireless object has these properties.

Property Access type Description
address
Read-only
Gets the IP address of the active network adapter.
ipv6Address
Read-only
Gets the IPv6 address of the wireless network adapter.
primaryDNSAddress
Read-only
Gets the IP address of the first available DNS server on the wireless network.
secureConnection
Read-only
Gets whether the current connection is secure.
signalStrength
Read-only
Gets the signal strength of the wireless network connection.
ssid
Read-only
Gets the Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the wireless network connection.

Requirements

Minimum supported client
Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server
Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
End of client support
Windows 7
End of server support
Windows Server 2008
IDL
Sidebar.idl
DLL
Sidebar.Exe (version 1.00 or later)