Capturing network status change event

Question

I am trying to get events when the internet connection is reestablished after it is lost. It is for a data transfer software that I am developing. If I lose the network duri

Answer 1

You might want to check out the System Event Notification Server (SENS) API http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc185680(VS.85).aspx

I have not actually used it, but it seems like it supplies the events your looking for.

EDIT:

WMI appears to have all the information you need about various network connectivity and state changes. It also has an asynchronous event model that can be used to get notifications. The trick is, i suppose, generating the proper WMI query to get the information you want. This blog looks like the right type of query, and this MSDN explains how to handle the events asynchronously.