Getting information in the LAN

Hi all,

I have a LAN connection having two computers.I have an application running on a computer.The application needs some information of other computer like ip address,mac address,DNS name,OS name and version,subnet mask,default gateway.How should i do this?The other computer should broadcast its information or the first computer poll the othet one to send its information?

with regards,

ajse

[421 byte] By [ajseajsea] at [2007-10-3 2:54:49]