In C# how do I get the list of local computer names like what one gets viewing the Network in windows explorer

Question

There are a lot of questions about getting the name and IP addresses of the local machine and several about getting IP addresses of other machines on the LAN (not all answer

Answer 1

You can try using the System.DirectoryServices namespace.

var root = new DirectoryEntry("WinNT:");
foreach (var dom in root.Children) {
    foreach (var entry in dom.Children) {
        if (entry.Name != "Schema") {
            Console.WriteLine(entry.Name);
        }
    }
}