Vestigium.Helpers.Network 1.7.0

dotnet add package Vestigium.Helpers.Network --version 1.7.0
                    
NuGet\Install-Package Vestigium.Helpers.Network -Version 1.7.0
                    
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<PackageReference Include="Vestigium.Helpers.Network" Version="1.7.0" />
                    
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
<PackageVersion Include="Vestigium.Helpers.Network" Version="1.7.0" />
                    
Directory.Packages.props
<PackageReference Include="Vestigium.Helpers.Network" />
                    
Project file
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paket add Vestigium.Helpers.Network --version 1.7.0
                    
#r "nuget: Vestigium.Helpers.Network, 1.7.0"
                    
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
#:package Vestigium.Helpers.Network@1.7.0
                    
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.
#addin nuget:?package=Vestigium.Helpers.Network&version=1.7.0
                    
Install as a Cake Addin
#tool nuget:?package=Vestigium.Helpers.Network&version=1.7.0
                    
Install as a Cake Tool

Vestigium.Helpers.Network

Workstation inventory and protocol jobs for diagnostic hosts. Not a CLI. Not ping.exe. Not a plot package. This library will not grow a plot API.

Identity

Field Value
Package Vestigium.Helpers.Network 1.5.0
Version rule 1.2.0 is PR10. 1.3.0 is inventory extras. 1.4.x is the catalog and inventory extras through 1.4.5. 1.5.0 is RouteIQ PR07: family filter, protocol port lookup, async print doors. Do not republish 1.4.6. Do not republish 1.5.0 to fix this README.
TFM net10.0
APPID Network (NetworkCatalog.AppId)
EVENTID Reserved 14500–14999 (used through 14560)
Depends on Vestigium.Helpers.Json 1.0.1, Vestigium.Helpers.Analytics 1.0.1, Vestigium.Helpers.FileIo 1.1.2, Vestigium.Logging
License MIT
Contract 002 -- Requirements Document

Does not plot. OUI completeness is a URL fetched on request. The embedded snapshot is a stub and is not the IEEE registry.

Consume

<PackageReference Include="Vestigium.Helpers.Network" Version="1.5.0" />
using Vestigium.Helpers.Network;

var box = NetworkHelper.GetWorkstation();
var echo = await NetworkHelper.IcmpEcho("192.0.2.1").RunAsync();
var dns  = await NetworkHelper.LookupAsync("example.com");
var path = await NetworkHelper.Pathping("192.0.2.1").RunAsync();
var tcp  = await NetworkHelper.TcpConnect("192.0.2.1", 443).RunAsync();
var udp  = await NetworkHelper.UdpProbe("192.0.2.1", 53).RunAsync();
var ask  = await NetworkHelper.ProbeDns("example.com").RunAsync();

Ping / Trace are aliases for IcmpEcho / IcmpTrace.

Surface

Call Returns Notes
GetWorkstation / GetAdapters / GetSnapshot inventory Local stack. 1.3 adds metric, DNS suffix, search list, WINS, driver, DHCP leases.
IcmpEcho / IcmpTrace / Pathping NetworkJob<T> Bind set uses a bound ICMP path.
TcpConnect / UdpProbe NetworkJob<T> One host, one port.
ProbeDns NetworkJob<DnsProbeResult> Answered / refused / timed out.
WatchAdapter NetworkJob<AdapterWatchResult> Oper-status samples. No bill.
SampleCounters NetworkJob<CounterSampleResult> One adapter. No bill.
PathMtu NetworkJob<PathMtuResult> Shrinks only on too-big.
LookupAsync DNS result
GetConnections / GetRoutes / GetNeighbors lists GetNeighbors(RouteFamily) reads one family. Parameterless is All.
GetRoutesAsync / GetNeighborsAsync / GetConnectionsAsync task of the same list Token cancels the wait. It does not abort iphlpapi. Not a NetworkJob.
GetLmHostsAsync / GetNetBiosNamesAsync / GetNetBiosStatsAsync task of the sync result Same hop. No second log line.
TryService bool, name Blank protocol is TCP. Miss is false. No log.
ProbeNeighbor NeighborProbeResult One-address resolve.
AddRoute / ChangeRoute / RemoveRoute void Defaults throw NetworkRouteDenied.
CreateEchoCampaign / CreateShareCampaign campaign Recipe persists bind when set.
ClassifyAddress / DescribePrefix / PlanByHosts prefix math
ParseMac / LookupOuiAsync / LookupOuiPacked MAC / OUI Live lookup is the URL. Packed is a stub.
Bandwidth / BillP95 / BillPercentile amounts No plot.
NetworkCatalog.Register(cfg) void Host-only.

Rules that do not move

  • Not ping.exe / tracert.exe / pathping.exe.
  • Route writes need admin / CAP_NET_ADMIN. Defaults are denied.
  • NetBIOS is Windows-only.
  • OUI completeness is LookupOuiAsync against the caller URL.
  • Never log credentials.
  • The library never calls VestigiumLogger.Initialize.
  • InterfaceIndex 0 is not rewritten to 1.
  • No port sweep.
  • GetNeighbors index 0 is not rewritten to 1. A name miss stays null.
  • Async print doors do not abort a P/Invoke already inside iphlpapi.

Logging

VestigiumLogger.Initialize(cfg =>
{
    cfg.AppId = "PingIQ";
    cfg.LogDirectory = logDir;
    NetworkCatalog.Register(cfg);
});

Writes are no-ops until the host initializes.

Sizes: Vestigium.Helpers.Analytics. Share probes: Vestigium.Helpers.FileIo. Campaign recipes: Vestigium.Helpers.Json.

Long-form documents live in Vestigium.Documentation / Helpers / Network.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net10.0 is compatible.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
Compatible target framework(s)
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