The network tools allow you to perform basic network operations that Nitrocid KS supports. These tools are used by the basic network features, which you can basically consult its documentation page at:
The networking tools provide you various properties and functions that can be useful for your kernel mods.
Properties
These properties can be used by your kernel mods:
HostName: The kernel host name
DownloadRetries: The number of retries for a download operation
UploadRetries: The number of retries for an upload operation
PingTimeout: The ping timeout specified in milliseconds
NetworkAvailable: Specifies whether the network is available or not
InternetAvailable: Specifies whether the Internet connection is available or not
ShowProgress: Shows the progress bar while downloading using the normal network transfer functions
Functions
There are several base networking functions that are useful for your mods, such as pinging a server from either an IP address or an associated hostname.
Pinging a Server
You can ping a server using the PingAddress() function, which contains several versions of the function that provide you different options:
These functions provide you with different options:
The first version specifies a target address with ping options
The second version has the same features as the first version, with an ability to specify a timeout
The third version has the same features as the second version, with an ability to specify a custom text
The fourth version has the same features as the second version, with an ability to specify a byte buffer representing data
Changing the kernel hostname
You can change the kernel hostname using the ChangeHostname() function, but that won't change your computer's hostname; it only affects the simulated kernel.
NetworkTools.cs
publicstaticvoidChangeHostname(string NewHost)
Getting a file name from the URL
The base networking class contains a function that allows you to get a file name right from the URL. This makes getting a file name from the URL easier as it strips the URL to the last element that usually represents the file name, such as index.html, and also strips the query strings (those beginning with ? that represent arguments delimited with &).
As a result, this function returns a file name taken from the URL. You can access this function using GetFilenameFromUrl().
NetworkTools.cs
publicstaticstringGetFilenameFromUrl(string Url)
Getting online devices
For online devices, you can scan your whole network by pinging each individual machine with fast network pinging. There is a function dedicated to getting online devices, called GetOnlineDevicesInNetwork().
