Network Connection
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Good day, I have a server and several workstations connected to the server. I wanted to make an application that monitors the computers(workstations). There are two ideas that i know but i still dont know the details of those two ideas. First idea is to create an application on server computer that when there is a workstation connected to the LAN, it updates the application. Is there a way in C# to communicate with Windows that there is a computer(workstation) connected?? as we know windows explorer can see all connected computers and does not show the disconnected ones. So basically windows knows what computer are connected, and my problem is how can we get those connected computers that windows knows? Second Idea is to use sockets but i would not prefer this one because what if there are 100 workstations, it would mean i have to install client-side application on each computer, so it would be a stressful task, and every time there is an update on client-side code, i have to update all workstations w/c is again stressful. I really hope i can get an answer from my first idea because i only need to install and if there an update, i would only update the server and nothing to install on client computers(workstations). I hope somebody can share there knowledge, Thanks a lot,