Method of detecting TCP/IP bindings of installed network interface cards present in a computer system

In a computer system running on an operating system, a method of detecting the TCP/IP binding location for a network interface card, wherein said method is adapted for causing said computer system to perform steps comprising of:

• a) opening a first registry key;
• b) for at least one key in said first registry, performing a function, wherein said function adapted for causing said computer system to perform steps of:
• b1) provided the “HardWareKey” string value of said first registry key starts with the string “NETWORK\MSTCP\”, storing said “HardWareKey” string value, said “HardWareKey” string value represented as key1;
• b2) determining a second registry key represented by the “HardWareKey” string value for key1, said second registry key located under the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum” tree;
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• b3) storing said second registry key, said second registry key represented as key1a.

In a computer system running on a Windows™ based operating system, a method of detecting the TCP/IP binding location for a network interface card, wherein said method is adapted for causing said computer system to perform steps comprising of:

• a) opening a first registry key;
• b) for at least one key in said first registry, performing a function, wherein said function is adapted for causing said computer system to perform steps of:
• b1) provided the “HardWareKey” string value of said first registry key starts with the string “NETWORK\MSTCP\”, storing said “HardWareKey” string value, said “HardWareKey” string value represented as key1;
• b2) determining a second registry key represented by the “HardWareKey” string value for key1, said second registry key located under the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum” tree;
• b3) storing said second registry key, said second registry key represented as key1a;
• b4) determining a third registry key represented by a “Driver” string value for key1a, said third registry key located under the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class” tree;
• b5) storing said third registry key, said third registry key represented as key1b;
• b6) creating a first variable for storing a location of a registry key, said first variable referred to as key2;
• b7) assigning key2 the same registry key value assigned to key1;
• b8) determining the ID value for the parent of the device represented by key2;
• b9) provided said parent ID value is not “00000000”, finding a fourth registry key represented by said parent ID value for said device;
• b10) storing the location of said fourth registry key, said location of said fourth registry key represented as key2;
• b11) determining a fifth registry key represented by the “HardWareKey” string value for key2, said fifth registry key located under the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum” tree;
• b12) storing said fifth registry key, said fifth registry key represented as key2a;
• b13) provided there is a “HardwareID” string value for said fifth registry key represented as key2a, storing said third registry key represented as key1b in a list and storing said fifth registry key represented as key2a in said list, wherein said string value represented by key2a is a registry key for said network interface card and wherein said string value represented as key1b are the TCP/IP settings for said network interface card;
• c) producing said list, wherein said list is a listing of said network interface card devices and the registry location where said TCP/IP settings for each network interface card is stored.