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Visual Basic Internet Routines IcmpSendEcho: Perform a Tracert (Trace Route) in VB |
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| Posted: | Sunday October 30, 2000 |
| Updated: | Monday December 26, 2011 |
| Applies to: | VB4-32, VB5, VB6 |
| Developed with: | VB6, Windows NT4 |
| OS restrictions: | None |
| Author: | VBnet - Randy Birch, Jim Huff |
| Related: | IcmpSendEcho: Perform a Tracert (Trace Route) in VB with Host Name Resolution gethostbyname: Determine Network Host Name and IP Address gethostbyaddr: Obtain Host Name from IP Address IcmpSendEcho: Ping a Machine by IP Address IcmpSendEcho: Ping a Machine by Host Name |
| Prerequisites |
| Network or DUN connection. |
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Another
popular request is how to perform a network router trace via VB, without using Shell to run the DOS command line app tracert.exe. This demo
shows how to perform a true tracert using Visual Basic, and is loosely based on some old VB4 code I found by Jim Huff.
Rather than attempt to explain what is going on in a tracert, I found interesting text explaining what tracert does at Connected: An Internet Encyclopaedia. Unfortunately, the link is no longer active. However, the main portion of the page is duplicated in the explanation below. Traceroute If you've been paying attention, you already know that the only facilities TCP/IP provide for tracing packet routes are IP packet options (record route and its variants) that are poorly specified, rarely implemented in a useful way, and often disabled for security reasons. Traceroute does not depend on any of these facilities. Traceroute, to put it simply, is a hack. How Traceroute Works
+--------+ +--------+
| SENDER | | TARGET |
+--------+ +--------+
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[============( Router )=====( Router )=====( Router )==|====]
^ ^ ^ |
| TTL=1 | TTL=2 | TTL=3 | TTL=4
Traceroute | | | |
shows these -----+--------------+--------------+------------/
IP addresses
In a typical traceroute session, a group of packets with TTL=1 are sent. A single router should respond, using the IP address of the interface it transmits the ICMP Timeout messages on, which should be the same as the interface it received the original packets on. The user is told this IP address, and DNS is used to convert this into a symbolic domain address. Also, round trip times are reported for each packet in the group. Traceroute reports any additional ICMP messages (such as destination unreachables) using a rather cryptic syntax - !N means network unreachable, !H means host unreachable, etc. Once this first group of packets has been processed (this can take 10 seconds or no time at all), the second group (TTL=2) begins transmitting, and the whole process repeats. Problems you might encounter Changing paths No sending addresses Routing problems Buggy TCP/IP implementations |
| BAS Module Code |
| Place the following code into the general declarations area of a bas module: |
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| To a form add a command button (Command1), check box (disabled - Check1), a combo (Combo1) and four text boxes (Text1 - Text 4). Text 4 is the tracert output box. Label as desired, and add the following code: |
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Option Explicit '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' Copyright ©1996-2011 VBnet/Randy Birch, All Rights Reserved. ' Some pages may also contain other copyrights by the author. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' Distribution: You can freely use this code in your own ' applications, but you may not reproduce ' or publish this code on any web site, ' online service, or distribute as source ' on any media without express permission. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Private Const WSADescription_Len As Long = 255 '256, 0-based
Private Const WSASYS_Status_Len As Long = 127 '128, 0-based
Private Const WS_VERSION_REQD As Long = &H101
Private Const SOCKET_ERROR As Long = -1
Private Const AF_INET As Long = 2
Private Const IP_SUCCESS As Long = 0
Private Const MIN_SOCKETS_REQD As Long = 1
Private Const EM_SETTABSTOPS As Long = &HCB
Private Type WSADATA
wVersion As Integer
wHighVersion As Integer
szDescription(0 To WSADescription_Len) As Byte
szSystemStatus(0 To WSASYS_Status_Len) As Byte
imaxsockets As Integer
imaxudp As Integer
lpszvenderinfo As Long
End Type
Private Type ICMP_OPTIONS
ttl As Byte 'Time To Live
Tos As Byte 'Timeout
Flags As Byte 'option flags
OptionsSize As Long '
OptionsData As Long '
End Type
Private Type ICMP_ECHO_REPLY
Address As Long 'replying address
Status As Long 'reply status code
RoundTripTime As Long 'round-trip time, in milliseconds
datasize As Integer 'reply data size. Always an Int.
Reserved As Integer 'reserved for future use
DataPointer As Long 'pointer to the data in Data below
Options As ICMP_OPTIONS 'reply options, used in tracert
ReturnedData As String * 256 'the returned data follows the
'reply message. The data string
'must be sufficiently large enough
'to hold the returned data.
End Type
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" _
Alias "SendMessageA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal wMsg As Long, _
ByVal wParam As Long, _
lParam As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function WSAStartup Lib "wsock32" _
(ByVal VersionReq As Long, _
WSADataReturn As WSADATA) As Long
Private Declare Function WSACleanup Lib "wsock32" () As Long
Private Declare Function inet_addr Lib "wsock32" _
(ByVal s As String) As Long
Private Declare Function gethostbyaddr Lib "wsock32" _
(haddr As Long, _
ByVal hnlen As Long, _
ByVal addrtype As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function gethostname Lib "wsock32" _
(ByVal szHost As String, _
ByVal dwHostLen As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function gethostbyname Lib "wsock32" _
(ByVal szHost As String) As Long
Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
(Dest As Any, _
Source As Any, _
ByVal nbytes As Long)
Private Declare Function inet_ntoa Lib "wsock32.dll" _
(ByVal addr As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function lstrcpyA Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal RetVal As String, _
ByVal Ptr As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function lstrlenA Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal Ptr As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function IcmpCreateFile Lib "icmp.dll" () As Long
Private Declare Function IcmpCloseHandle Lib "icmp.dll" _
(ByVal IcmpHandle As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function IcmpSendEcho Lib "icmp.dll" _
(ByVal IcmpHandle As Long, _
ByVal DestinationAddress As Long, _
ByVal RequestData As String, _
ByVal RequestSize As Long, _
RequestOptions As ICMP_OPTIONS, _
ReplyBuffer As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY, _
ByVal ReplySize As Long, _
ByVal Timeout As Long) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
With Combo1
.AddItem "www.mvps.org"
.AddItem "www.gov.on.ca"
.AddItem "www.microsoft.com"
.AddItem "www.yahoo.com"
.ListIndex = 1
End With
Text1.Text = ""
Text4.Text = ""
ReDim TabArray(0 To 3) As Long
TabArray(0) = 30
TabArray(1) = 54
TabArray(2) = 105
TabArray(3) = 182
'Clear existing tabs
'and set the text tabstops
Call SendMessage(Text4.hwnd, EM_SETTABSTOPS, 0&, ByVal 0&)
Call SendMessage(Text4.hwnd, EM_SETTABSTOPS, 4&, TabArray(0))
Text4.Refresh
End Sub
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Command1.Enabled = False
Call TraceRT
Command1.Enabled = True
End Sub
Private Function TraceRT()
Dim ipo As ICMP_OPTIONS
Dim echo As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY
Dim ttl As Integer
Dim ttlAdjust As Integer
Dim hPort As Long
Dim nChrsPerPacket As Long
Dim dwAddress As Long
Dim sAddress As String
Dim sHostIP As String
'set up
Text1.Text = "" 'the target IP
Text2.Text = "1" 'force the no of packets = 1 for a tracert
Text4.Text = "" 'clear the output window
List1.Clear 'for info/debuging only
'the chars per packet - can be between 32 and 128
If IsNumeric(Text3.Text) Then
If Val(Text3.Text) < 32 Then Text3.Text = "32"
If Val(Text3.Text) > 128 Then Text3.Text = "128"
Else
Text3.Text = "32"
End If
nChrsPerPacket = Val(Text3.Text)
If SocketsInitialize() Then
'returns the IP Address for the Host in Combo 1
'ie returns 209.68.48.118 for www.mvps.org
sAddress = GetIPFromHostName(Combo1.Text)
'convert the address into an internet address.
'ie returns 1982874833 when passed 209.68.48.118
dwAddress = inet_addr(sAddress)
'open an internet file handle
hPort = IcmpCreateFile()
If hPort <> 0 Then
'update the textboxes
Text1.Text = sAddress
Text4.Text = "Tracing Route to " + Combo1.Text + ":" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
'The heart of the call. See the VBnet
'page description of the TraceRt TTL
'member and its use in performing a
'Trace Route.
For ttl = 1 To 255
'--------------------------------
'for demo/dedbugging only. The
'list will show each TTL passed
'to the calls. Duplicate TTL's
'mean the request timed out, and
'additional attempts to obtain
'the route were tried.
List1.AddItem ttl
'--------------------------------
'set the IPO time to live
'value to the current hop
ipo.ttl = ttl
'Call the API.
'
'Two items of consequence happen here.
'First, the return value of the call is
'assigned to an 'adjustment' variable. If
'the call was successful, the adjustment
'is 0, and the Next will increment the TTL
'to obtain the next hop. If the return value
'is 1, 1 is subtacted from the TTL value, so
'when the next increments the TTL counter it
'will be the same value as the last pass. In
'doing this, routers that time out are retried
'to ensure a completed route is determined.
'(The values in the List1 show the actual
' hops/tries that the method made.)
'i.e. if the TTL = 3 and it times out,
' adjust = 1 so ttl - 1 = 2. On
' encountering the Next, TTL is
' reset to 3 and the route is tried again.
'The second thing happening concerns the
'sHostIP member of the call. When the call
'returns, sHostIP will contain the name
'of the traced host IP. If it matches the
'string initially used to create the address
'(above) were at the target, so end.
ttlAdjust = TraceRTSendEcho(hPort, _
dwAddress, _
nChrsPerPacket, _
sHostIP, _
echo, _
ipo)
ttl = ttl - ttlAdjust
'need some processing time
DoEvents
If sHostIP = Text1.Text Then
'we're done
Text4.Text = Text4.Text & vbCrLf + "Trace Route Complete"
Exit For
End If
Next ttl
'clean up
Call IcmpCloseHandle(hPort)
Else
MsgBox "Unable to Open an Icmp File Handle", vbOKOnly, "VBnet TraceRT Demo"
End If 'If hPort
'clean up
Call SocketsCleanup
Else
MsgBox "Unable to initialize the Windows Sockets", vbOKOnly, "VBnet TraceRT Demo"
End If 'if SocketsInitialize()
End Function
Private Function GetIPFromHostName(ByVal sHostName As String) As String
'converts a host name to an IP address.
Dim ptrHosent As Long 'address of hostent structure
Dim ptrName As Long 'address of name pointer
Dim ptrAddress As Long 'address of address pointer
Dim ptrIPAddress As Long 'address of string holding final IP address
Dim dwAddress As Long 'the final IP address
ptrHosent = gethostbyname(sHostName & vbNullChar)
If ptrHosent <> 0 Then
'assign pointer addresses and offset
'ptrName is the official name of the host (PC).
'If using the DNS or similar resolution system,
'it is the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
'that caused the server to return a reply.
'If using a local hosts file, it is the first
'entry after the IP address.
ptrName = ptrHosent
'Null-terminated list of addresses for the host.
'The Address is offset 12 bytes from the start of
'the HOSENT structure. Addresses are returned
'in network byte order.
ptrAddress = ptrHosent + 12
'get the actual IP address
CopyMemory ptrAddress, ByVal ptrAddress, 4
CopyMemory ptrIPAddress, ByVal ptrAddress, 4
CopyMemory dwAddress, ByVal ptrIPAddress, 4
GetIPFromHostName = GetIPFromAddress(dwAddress)
End If
End Function
Private Sub SocketsCleanup()
'only show error if unable to clean up the sockets
If WSACleanup() <> 0 Then
MsgBox "Windows Sockets error occurred during Cleanup.", vbExclamation
End If
End Sub
Private Function SocketsInitialize() As Boolean
Dim WSAD As WSADATA
'when the socket version returned == version
'required, return True
SocketsInitialize = WSAStartup(WS_VERSION_REQD, WSAD) = IP_SUCCESS
End Function
Private Function GetIPFromAddress(Address As Long) As String
Dim ptrString As Long
ptrString = inet_ntoa(Address)
GetIPFromAddress = GetStrFromPtrA(ptrString)
End Function
Private Function GetStrFromPtrA(ByVal lpszA As Long) As String
GetStrFromPtrA = String$(lstrlenA(ByVal lpszA), 0)
Call lstrcpyA(ByVal GetStrFromPtrA, ByVal lpszA)
End Function
Private Sub ShowResults(timeToLive As Byte, _
tripTime As Long, _
sHostIP As String)
Dim sTripTime As String
Dim buff As String
Dim tmp As String
'format a string representing
'the round trip time
Select Case tripTime
Case Is < 10: sTripTime = "<10 ms"
Case Is > 1200: sTripTime = "*"
Case Else: sTripTime = CStr(tripTime) & " ms"
End Select
'cache the textbox
buff = Text4.Text
'create a new entry
tmp = "Hop #" & vbTab & _
CStr(timeToLive) & vbTab & _
sTripTime & vbTab & _
sHostIP & vbCrLf
'update textbox
Text4.Text = buff & tmp
End Sub
Private Function TraceRTSendEcho(hPort As Long, _
dwAddress As Long, _
nChrsPerPacket As Long, _
sHostIP As String, _
echo As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY, _
ipo As ICMP_OPTIONS) As Integer
Dim sData As String
Dim sError As String
Dim sHostName As String
Dim ttl As Integer
'create a buffer to send
sData = String$(nChrsPerPacket, "a")
If IcmpSendEcho(hPort, _
dwAddress, _
sData, _
Len(sData), _
ipo, _
echo, _
Len(echo) + 8, _
2400) = 1 Then
'a reply was received, so update the display
sHostIP = GetIPFromAddress(echo.Address)
ShowResults ipo.ttl, echo.RoundTripTime, sHostIP
'return 0 to continue with retrieval
TraceRTSendEcho = 0
Else
'a timeout was received, so set the
'return value to 1. In the TraceRT
'calling routine, the TTL will be
'de-incremented by 1, causing the
'for / next to retry this hop.
TraceRTSendEcho = 1
End If
End Function |
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