Enable and Disable IPv4 and IPv6 of an adapter programmatically in C#

Question

Is it possible to Enable/Disable the IPv4 and IPv6 protocols for a selected network adapter using C# and .Net libraries or the registry?

Answer 1

I have tried the example How to disable IPv6 programmatically , but it doesn't work on my PC.

However, I found another way to solve the problem without editing the registry directly.

First, I will show you how to solve this problem using PowerShell.

We have many ways to get the name of NIC, for example execute the following command on PowerShell:

Get-NetAdapter

Let's assume the NIC name is "Ethernet".

To enable IPv6, execute the following command on PowerShell:

enable-NetAdapterBinding -Name 'Ethernet' -ComponentID ms_tcpip6

To disable IPv6, execute the following command on PowerShell:

disable-NetAdapterBinding -Name 'Ethernet' -ComponentID ms_tcpip6

To get all ComponentIDs of the NIC, execute the following command on PowerShell:

Get-NetAdapterBinding -name 'Ethernet'

Now, I will show you how to do this using C#.

1.Install the nuget package which named "Microsoft.PowerShell.5.ReferenceAssemblies" to your project

2.If you want to disable IPv6, use the following code

using (var powerShell = PowerShell.Create())
{
    powerShell.AddScript("Disable-NetAdapterBinding -Name 'Ethernet' -ComponentID ms_tcpip6");
    powerShell.Invoke();
    if (powerShell.HadErrors)
    {
        // Failed, do something
        return;
    }
    // Success, do something
    return;
}

3.Now, I believe that you have already know how to perform other similar operations.