How to restart a service using C# when lan is disconnected and connected back

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Hi i am trying to execute a c# program which should restart a service when a lan cable is unplugged and plugged back to system. Please help me.

What I have tried:

I have tried restarting the service for a certain time period, but i need it when a lan is unplugged and plugged in back.

C#

public static void RestartService(string serviceName, int timeoutMilliseconds)
{
  ServiceController service = new ServiceController(serviceName);
  try
  {
    int millisec1 = Environment.TickCount;
    TimeSpan timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMilliseconds);

    service.Stop();
    service.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped, timeout);

    // count the rest of the timeout
    int millisec2 = Environment.TickCount;
    timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMilliseconds - (millisec2-millisec1));

    service.Start();
    service.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, timeout);
  }

Posted 11-Jan-17 17:35pm

Krishna Chaitanya Bezawada

Updated 11-Jan-17 17:47pm

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Wendelius · Answer 1 · 2017-01-11T17:47:00

You could monitor NetworkChange.NetworkAvailabilityChanged Event (System.Net.NetworkInformation)[^] in order to react upon changes.

However, I must say that it sounds odd that a separate program restarts the service this way. In most situations I believe that the service should autonomously handle the situation.