Need help to finish script for sorting and renaming Local Area Connections - Hardware & Devices Discussion Boards

Dan Neely13-Oct-09 5:52

13-Oct-09 5:52

Adding to what Dave's said, fan speed, temperature, and voltage monitoring locations, etc vary widely between mobo models when they're supported at all. As a result hardware monitoring tools that report these things either issue new versions at a breakneck pace to support new hardware or provide an online DB of some sort that their app can query to get the parameters.

It would be nice if MS would define standard location/format/etc data for those parameters for a future revision of WMI; but since Weven is RTM; in the best case we'd need to wait until SP1; probably until Weight. Then add the amount of time it takes the mobo vendors to update the necessary drivers.

The latest nation. Procrastination.

Did I kill my wireless router?

puromtec112-Oct-09 16:51

puromtec1

12-Oct-09 16:51

So, my home linksys router does not show up on laptop's list of wireless networks anymore. I can connect using ethernet cable, still.

Just this afternoon it was fine. Then it looks like it quit right after an episode where the power plug became loose from the surge protector. Struggling to reach the power cables on the surge protector, I fiddled with the plug to get it to make a good "seating" in the outlet. I noticed the wireless router powering on then off, repeatedly, as I was fighting to get it in the outlet. So, in quick succession, the router was powered on and off about 5 or 6 times, maybe.

Next thing i know it, my wireless cannot be found. I can see my neighbors still.

Can anyone tell me if it likely got toasted?

Re: Did I kill my wireless router?

Richard MacCutchan12-Oct-09 22:47

Richard MacCutchan

12-Oct-09 22:47

puromtec1 wrote:
I can connect using ethernet cable, still.

Since you can connect to the router you should be able to login and check the status of all components. Do you get anything in the event logs?

Re: Did I kill my wireless router?

puromtec113-Oct-09 17:38

puromtec1

13-Oct-09 17:38

Unbelievable. For some reason, by flipping the power so many times, the whole thing reset to factory defaults. Therefore, the router showed up as 'linksys' with no security and then looked like some neighbor without a clue, but that was me who was without one.

Thanks.

Re: Did I kill my wireless router?

Richard MacCutchan14-Oct-09 2:24

Richard MacCutchan

14-Oct-09 2:24

puromtec1 wrote:
some neighbor without a clue, but that was me who was without one.

We've all been there, many times Mad | :mad:

Re: Did I kill my wireless router?

Luc Pattyn13-Oct-09 4:31

Luc Pattyn

13-Oct-09 4:31

Does it have an external power adapter? if so, the adapter or the router (or less likely both) may be fried.

Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn

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Re: Did I kill my wireless router?

puromtec113-Oct-09 17:55

puromtec1

13-Oct-09 17:55

Turns out it's fine. Repeat power down/up for some reason made it return to factory defaults.

Need help to finish script for sorting and renaming Local Area Connections

lunjaa7-Oct-09 4:49

lunjaa

7-Oct-09 4:49

We are using script to fix issue with network interface numbering sequence. Issue has been described in Microsoft KB823206. So far we have partial solution as indicated on this webpage:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/bugs/BugInKB823206.aspx

Script is perfect for most network cards, but some of our HP servers have dual Broadcom based multifunction cards (NC371i) onboard and those are detected differently (no info for Bus, Device, Function in the registry as other NIC's), see attached export from Registry. They are always assigned wrong order: Onboard1 is always "Local Area Connection 2" and Onboard2 is always "Local Area Connection".

Is there a way to expand the existing script to include check for adapters with Bus0, Device0 and Function0 and for those two it will assign connection name based on the MAC address?

Ex.: Smaller of the two MAC addresses is onboard1 - "Local Area Connection"

Or if there is any other idea how to do it?

This is output from the code created by TeeBee303:

Bus 0, Device 0, Function 0
    Pdo Name=\Device\00000062
    Slot Number=N/A
    Connection GUID={2C6BF2C7-FBE0-4F65-A153-41B224D92A0A}
    MAC Address=00:22:64:F7:CB:5C
    Description=HP NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
    Pnp Id=B06BDRV\L2ND&amp;PCI_164C14E4&amp;SUBSYS_7038103C&amp;REV_12\6&amp;154EFE07&amp;0&amp;20050500
    Local area connection names:
        ConnectionName=Local Area Connection
        New ConnectionName=Local Area Connection
        Rename: No action required.



Bus 0, Device 0, Function 0
    Pdo Name=\Device\00000061
    Slot Number=N/A
    Connection GUID={F3B76159-B494-4BF4-B347-EABBCD7F9D58}
    MAC Address=00:22:64:F7:CB:6C
    Description=HP NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter #2
    Pnp Id=B06BDRV\L2ND&amp;PCI_164C14E4&amp;SUBSYS_7038103C&amp;REV_12\6&amp;183F41DD&amp;0&amp;20050300
    Local area connection names:
        ConnectionName=Local Area Connection 2
        New ConnectionName=Local Area Connection 2
        Rename: No action required.



Bus 32, Device 0, Function 0
    Pdo Name=\Device\NTPNP_PCI0051
    Slot Number=7
    Connection GUID={BA9A5933-BCBA-44C7-8D43-0B8A9E2786E1}
    MAC Address=00:15:17:91:83:EC
    Description=Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter #3
    Pnp Id=PCI\VEN_8086&amp;DEV_10A4&amp;SUBSYS_10A48086&amp;REV_06\6&amp;36493DC&amp;0&amp;00000030
    Local area connection names:
        ConnectionName=Local Area Connection 5
        New ConnectionName=Local Area Connection 3
        Rename: Required!!!



Bus 32, Device 0, Function 1
    Pdo Name=\Device\NTPNP_PCI0052
    Slot Number=7
    Connection GUID={532BECE5-F698-4A38-9C40-2BDBA38C5344}
    MAC Address=00:15:17:91:83:ED
    Description=Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter #4
    Pnp Id=PCI\VEN_8086&amp;DEV_10A4&amp;SUBSYS_10A48086&amp;REV_06\6&amp;36493DC&amp;0&amp;01000030
    Local area connection names:
        ConnectionName=Local Area Connection 6
        New ConnectionName=Local Area Connection 4
        Rename: Required!!!



Bus 33, Device 0, Function 0
    Pdo Name=\Device\NTPNP_PCI0049
    Slot Number=7
    Connection GUID={C0893663-7558-4A23-A3FA-522EF7AD08F3}
    MAC Address=00:15:17:91:83:EE
    Description=Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter
    Pnp Id=PCI\VEN_8086&amp;DEV_10A4&amp;SUBSYS_10A48086&amp;REV_06\6&amp;23168775&amp;0&amp;00080030
    Local area connection names:
        ConnectionName=Local Area Connection 3
        New ConnectionName=Local Area Connection 5
        Rename: Required!!!



Bus 33, Device 0, Function 1
    Pdo Name=\Device\NTPNP_PCI0050
    Slot Number=7
    Connection GUID={5F6B643F-1F9F-4B04-8EB9-A75839D6EADE}
    MAC Address=00:15:17:91:83:EF
    Description=Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter #2
    Pnp Id=PCI\VEN_8086&amp;DEV_10A4&amp;SUBSYS_10A48086&amp;REV_06\6&amp;23168775&amp;0&amp;01080030
    Local area connection names:
        ConnectionName=Local Area Connection 4
        New ConnectionName=Local Area Connection 6
        Rename: Required!!!

This is export from registry for HP (Broadcom) card:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0012]
"Characteristics"=dword:00000084
"BusType"="5"
"ComponentId"="b06bdrv\\l2nd&amp;pci_164c14e4&amp;subsys_7038103c"
"*SpeedDuplex"="0"
"enable_8021p"="0"
"enable_lso"="1"
"enable_rss"="1"
"flow_ctrl_cap"="2147483648"
"ofld_cap"="63"
"wire_speed"="1"
"InfPath"="oem14.inf"
"InfSection"="NC373i_x86ws3"
"ProviderName"="Hewlett-Packard Company"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,80,ce,5c,db,80,c9,01
"DriverDate"="1-28-2009"
"DriverVersion"="4.8.5.0"
"MatchingDeviceId"="b06bdrv\\l2nd&amp;pci_164c14e4&amp;subsys_7038103c"
"DriverDesc"="HP NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter"
"NetCfgInstanceId"="{F3B76159-B494-4BF4-B347-EABBCD7F9D58}"

Re: Need help to finish script for sorting and renaming Local Area Connections

lunjaa11-Jan-10 10:07

lunjaa

11-Jan-10 10:07

Anybody has any sugestions?

Read Data from multiple RS232 Ports

AB_dev7-Oct-09 3:22

AB_dev

7-Oct-09 3:22

Hi,
I need to read data from multiple RS232 ports.
I use the System.IO.Ports.SerialPort Class from the .NET Framework (VB). Everything works fine with just one COM device. If I use more than one device on different RS232 Ports i get problems with receiving data using the DataReceived-Event from the SerialPort Class.
I tried starting different threads to send and receive the bytes but the DataReceived-Event also starts a seperate thread and so i get problems on how to handle the incoming data to send them back to the waiting thread which check the incoming data on errors??!

Has anybody an idea how to solve this (maybe without the DataReceived-Event)??

Thanks Alex

Re: Read Data from multiple RS232 Ports

Luc Pattyn13-Oct-09 3:32

Luc Pattyn

13-Oct-09 3:32

AFAIK DataReceived fires on a separate thread (probably one from the ThreadPool), and a different one for different serial ports. You are not allowed to touch any GUI Control from there, see this article[^].

Getting data in correctly from a serial port isn't straightforward:
- with DataReceived you are never sure when it will fire, and how much data will be available; assuming the incoming data is message oriented, messages may be cut into pieces, or multiple messages may appear in one chunck of data received.
- without DataReceived, you either have no events at all, or you need to perform a periodic read, based on some timer. Then CPU cycles are wasted when the port is idle, and messages have to be reassembled in code.
The right approach depends on the kind of data (text vs binary), the maximum message length, the required maximum latency time, and much more.

You need a rock-solid solution for one port, fitting your exact needs; then duplicate that for all the other ports.

Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn

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Read data from usb

hande545-Oct-09 8:06

hande54

5-Oct-09 8:06

Hi!

I need to read data from usb. for this purpose I have downloaded snoopPRo for packet sniffing . I got a log file but this file does not tell me anything. there are several functions such as GET_DESCRIPTOR_FROM_DEVICE , CONTROL_TRANSFER , SELECT_CONFIGURATION, BULK_OR_INTERRUPT_TRANSFER, CLASS_INTERFACE... could you help me how can I benefit from this log file?

Re: Read data from usb

Richard MacCutchan5-Oct-09 10:58

Richard MacCutchan

5-Oct-09 10:58

hande54 wrote:
how can I benefit from this log file?
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It depends on what problem you are trying to solve. Packet sniffers sometimes have filter options to allow you to reduce the amount of low level protocol information and highlight the actual data that you are interested in. The documentation often has information that may help.

Re: Read data from usb

hande545-Oct-09 11:32

hande54

5-Oct-09 11:32

I would like to get data measurement results from the blood pressure meter which has a usb gateway. It has software to list values in txt format. but what I need to do is read data directly from the usb.

Re: Read data from usb

Richard MacCutchan5-Oct-09 11:35

Richard MacCutchan

5-Oct-09 11:35

hande54 wrote:
It has software to list values in txt format. but what I need to do is read data directly from the usb.

I don't see why you want to make it so difficult for yourself. However, if this is the route you decide on then you will need to get hold of the technical documentation for your BP device to decode its output.

WM_DEVICECHANGE message with monitor

keancaptinh4-Oct-09 16:40

keancaptinh

4-Oct-09 16:40

Dear,
I have a problem,
I'm coding a application with multiple monitor.I use MFC ( VS 2003)
I used to WM_DEVICECHANGE to catching event when plug/unplug monitor.
With my computer, when i unplug monitor, it doesn't go to OnDeviceChange() function Sigh | :sigh:

But with other computers, when i unplug monitor, it go to OnDeviceChange() function Sigh | :sigh:

I don't know why ?
How to catching event when plug/unplug monitor ?

Thank you for your help

Re: WM_DEVICECHANGE message with monitor

Indivara30-Oct-09 4:50

Indivara

30-Oct-09 4:50

It looks like you are going about it the correct way
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1437634/can-windows-detect-when-a-monitor-mouse-keyboard-is-disconnected[^]
http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/32/164968.aspx[^]

My guess is, the hardware on your computer doesn't notify the system (via the driver?) when the monitor is unplugged, so naturally there is no way the message will be broadcast. If this is the case (and I'm no expert), it will be impossible to detect.

Reading the Intel Firmware Hub RNG

ChrisBosch28-Sep-09 1:41

ChrisBosch

28-Sep-09 1:41

Hi all,

I'm trying to access the RNG on the Intel 82802 Firmware Hub

As in the document:
Intel
82802 Firmware Hub:
Random Number Generator
Programmer’s Reference Manual
December 1999
Order Number: 298029-001

I'm stuck at accessing memory outside my code, as my code throws Access violation errors when I try to read from the feature space memory:

<br />
   unsigned char *pFeatureSpace;<br />
   unsigned char *pHardwareStatus;<br />
   __int64 val;<br />
<br />
   val = 0xFFBC0000;<br />
   pFeatureSpace = (unsigned char*)val;<br />
   pHardwareStatus = pFeatureSpace + 0x015F;<br />
   if ( (*pHardwareStatus & 0x40) != 0) // Throws Access violation<br />
   {<br />
      val = 1;<br />
   }<br />
   else<br />
   {<br />
      val = 0;<br />
   }<br />
	return val;<br />

Could anyone point me in the right direction as to how to read from this hardware?

Re: Reading the Intel Firmware Hub RNG

Richard MacCutchan28-Sep-09 4:00

Richard MacCutchan

28-Sep-09 4:00

I can't be certain of this, but I don't think Windows will let you read/write to memory addresses that are outside of the address space of your program. You will need some way of getting the memory starting at 0xFFBC0000 mapped so that you are allowed access to it.

Re: Reading the Intel Firmware Hub RNG

Dave Kreskowiak28-Sep-09 4:53

Dave Kreskowiak

28-Sep-09 4:53

You cannot do this in user code. You have to write a .DLL or other device driver that runs in Ring 0 and provides the data to your app. Welcome to the wonderful world of NT Kernel programming!

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Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP
Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008
But no longer in 2009...

Re: Reading the Intel Firmware Hub RNG

ChrisBosch29-Sep-09 1:04

ChrisBosch

29-Sep-09 1:04

I was afraid of this. But I'm not even in with the lingo yet - the Ring 0 idea gets me googling further - thanks. Any good guides out there for DLL writing and getting to Ring 0 / NT Kernel programming?

I may have bumped into this problem before in 2002, trying to get data from the ECP port really fast. I ended up abandoning Windows XP and got a linux system up and running, through which I got everything done, but I had to learn Linux in the process so I'm sure it's the same effort to just figure out NT Kernel programming.

Re: Reading the Intel Firmware Hub RNG

Dave Kreskowiak29-Sep-09 2:06

Dave Kreskowiak

29-Sep-09 2:06

ChrisBosch wrote:
Any good guides out there for DLL writing and getting to Ring 0 / NT Kernel programming?

Not that I know of, but then again, i haven't had the need for about 7 years now. You might want to ask the same question in here[^].

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Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP
Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008
But no longer in 2009...

Re: Reading the Intel Firmware Hub RNG

ChrisBosch29-Sep-09 2:37

ChrisBosch

29-Sep-09 2:37

Thanks Dave! Smile | :)

Re: Reading the Intel Firmware Hub RNG

Randor 30-Sep-09 0:01

Randor

30-Sep-09 0:01

Hi Chris,

Actually... I think it is possible to read this physical address from usermode without writing a device driver on Windows XP SP2 and below. You would need to rely on some unsupported and fairly undocumented ~~techniques~~ hacks to achieve this however. You could start by researching Device\PhysicalMemory and NtOpenSection[^].

An even better solution would be using a device driver such as WinIO [^]to map the physical memory into your process. WinIO comes with full source code.

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

Re: Reading the Intel Firmware Hub RNG

ChrisBosch30-Sep-09 20:13

ChrisBosch

30-Sep-09 20:13

Hey now there sounds like an idea - I'll look it up and let you know what I get going - unfortunately as pet projects go I can't deliver lightning fast results - work and social life somehow take preference... Smile | :)

But I'll definately come back here with a working piece of code hopefully other people can use this hardware RNG through our findings.

Also will have to look at how fast I can get random samples from the device - I expect it to be slowish, but one could definately incorporate the input into a psuedorandom sequence to yied hopefully superior results.

I'll get back to you guys. Smile | :)

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