Windows IP Configuration Tool (ipc)

This is a Windows IP configuration tool written in C, providing Linux-like ip command features. It displays network adapter information, including IP addresses, MAC addresses, DNS servers, and more.

Features

• Adapter Information: Displays detailed information about network adapters, including name, description, MAC address, IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6), DNS servers, and gateway addresses.
• Filtering: Options to show all adapters (including disconnected ones), or filter by IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.
• Output Formatting: Supports brief and detailed output formats.
• DNS Information: Shows DNS servers and suffixes for each adapter.
• DHCP Information: Displays DHCP configuration status, server information, and lease times.
• Routing Table: Displays the system's routing table.
• Network Statistics: Shows network statistics.

Usage

ipc [OPTIONS]

Options

• -a, --all: Show all adapters (including disconnected ones).
• -4, --ipv4: Show only IPv4 addresses.
• -6, --ipv6: Show only IPv6 addresses.
• -b, --brief: Brief output format.
• -d, --details: Show detailed information.
• -h, --help: Display this help message.
• -n, --no-dns: Don't show DNS information.
• -r, --route: Show routing table.
• -s, --stats: Show network statistics.
• -g, --global: Show global IP addresses.
• -p, --only-physical: Show only physical addresses.
• -l, --loopback: Show loopback addresses.
• -m, --mac: Show MAC addresses.
• -w, --wake: Send Wake-on-LAN packets.
• -c, --connections: Show active connections.
• -i, --hide: Hide sensitive information like Public IP.
• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀--release: Release DHCP lease.
• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀--renew: Renew DHCP lease.
• ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀--flush: Flush DNS cache.

Examples

• Show all adapters with detailed information:

  ipc -ad
  

• Show only IPv4 addresses in brief format:

  ipc -4 -b
  

• Show the routing table:

  ipc -r
  

Project Structure

The project is organized into modular components:

• Core: Contains the adapter information retrieval functions
• Display: Handles the formatting and display of network information
• Main: Program entry point and command-line argument processing

Compilation

To compile this program, you will need a C compiler (like GCC) and the Windows SDK:

1. Install MinGW: Download and install MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows) with gcc and make tools.

2. Build with make: Run the following command:

   make

3. Run: After successful compilation, you can run the program:

   ipc

Dependencies

• Windows SDK (for header files like windows.h, winsock2.h, ws2tcpip.h, iphlpapi.h)
• MinGW (or another GCC distribution for Windows)

Notes

• This tool requires administrator privileges for certain operations.