Get the Default gateway address c#
[DllImport("iphlpapi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
private static extern int GetBestInterface(UInt32 destAddr, out UInt32 bestIfIndex);
public static IPAddress GetGatewayForDestination(IPAddress destinationAddress)
{
UInt32 destaddr = BitConverter.ToUInt32(destinationAddress.GetAddressBytes(), 0);
uint interfaceIndex;
int result = GetBestInterface(destaddr, out interfaceIndex);
if (result != 0)
throw new Win32Exception(result);
foreach (var ni in NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces())
{
var niprops = ni.GetIPProperties();
if (niprops == null)
continue;
var gateway = niprops.GatewayAddresses?.FirstOrDefault()?.Address;
if (gateway == null)
continue;
if (ni.Supports(NetworkInterfaceComponent.IPv4))
{
var v4props = niprops.GetIPv4Properties();
if (v4props == null)
continue;
if (v4props.Index == interfaceIndex)
return gateway;
}
if (ni.Supports(NetworkInterfaceComponent.IPv6))
{
var v6props = niprops.GetIPv6Properties();
if (v6props == null)
continue;
if (v6props.Index == interfaceIndex)
return gateway;
}
}
return null;
}