// BackupNetworkAdapterConfigListToJson.cs // // Snapshots Network Adapter Configuration (Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration) to a timestamped JSON file. // // Requires the System.Management package: // dotnet new console -o BackupNetworkAdapterConfig // dotnet add package System.Management // (replace the generated Program.cs with this file, then dotnet run) using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Management; using System.Text.Json; var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT Description, IPAddress, DefaultIPGateway, DNSServerSearchOrder FROM Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration"); var results = new List>(); foreach (ManagementObject item in searcher.Get()) { var row = new Dictionary(); row["Description"] = item["Description"]; row["IPAddress"] = item["IPAddress"]; row["DefaultIPGateway"] = item["DefaultIPGateway"]; row["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = item["DNSServerSearchOrder"]; results.Add(row); } string timestamp = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss"); string outPath = $"networkadapterconfig-snapshot_{timestamp}.json"; File.WriteAllText(outPath, JsonSerializer.Serialize(results, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true })); Console.WriteLine($"Snapshot of Network Adapter Configuration ({results.Count} items) saved to {outPath}");