Native Wi-Fi Functions (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

This section describes the functions that enable software developers to use the functionality that is provided by Native Wi-Fi.

Important

WLAN tool functionality is available only if connection manger takes control of WLANAPI.
It is not possible to setup a simple WiFi connection. The following code will fail with access denied: s wlantool -c -i PCI\RTLNWIFI1 -ssid IPV6Lab -auth open -encr none

In This Section

• WLAN_NOTIFICATION_CALLBACK
  Defines the type of notification callback function

• WlanAllocateMemory
  Allocates memory

• WlanCloseHandle
  Closes a connection to the server

• WlanConnect
  Tries to connect to a specific network

• WlanDeleteProfile
  Deletes a profile from an interface or from the computer

• WlanDisconnect
  Disconnects an interface from its current network

• WlanEnumInterfaces
  Enumarates all the wireless network adapters currently plugged into the system

• WlanExtractPsdIEDataList
  Extracts the proximity service discovery (PSD) information element (IE) data list from raw IE data included in a beacon

• WlanFreeMemory
  Frees memory

• WlanGetAvailableNetworkList
  Retrieves the list of available networks on an interface

• WlanGetFilterList
  Retrieves a user permission list

• WlanGetInterfaceCapability
  Retrieves the capabilities of an interface

• WlanGetNetworkBssList
  Retrieves the basic service sets (BSS) list of the network or networks on a given interface

• WlanGetProfile
  Retrieves all information about a specified profile

• WlanGetProfileCustomUserData
  Retrieves the custom user data associated with a profile

• WlanGetProfileList
  Retrieves the list of profiles in preference o

• WlanGetSecuritySettings
  Retrieves the security settings associated with a configurable object

• WlanIhvControl
  Provides a mechanism for independent hardware vendor (IHV) control of WLAN drivers or services

• WlanOpenHandle
  Opens a connection to the server

• WlanQueryAutoConfigParameter
  Queries for the parameters of the auto configuration service

• WlanQueryInterface
  Queries various parameters of a specified interface

• WlanReasonCodeToString
  Retrieves a string that describes a specified reason code

• WlanRegisterNotification
  Registers and unregisters notifications on all wireless interfaces

• WlanRenameProfile
  Renames the specified profile

• WlanSaveTemporaryProfile
  Saves a temporary profile to the profile store

• WlanScan
  Requests a scan for available networks on the indicated in

• WlanSetAutoConfigParameter
  Sets parameters for the automatic configuration service

• WlanSetFilterList
  Sets the permit/deny list

• WlanSetInterface
  Sets user-configurable parameters for a specified interface

• WlanSetProfile
  Sets the content of a specific profile

• WlanSetProfileCustomUserData
  Sets the custom user data associated with a profile

• WlanSetProfileEapUserData
  Sets the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) user credentials as specified by raw EAP data

• WlanSetProfileEapXmlUserData
  Sets the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) user credentials as specified by an XML string

• WlanSetProfileList
  Sets the preference order of profiles for a given interface

• WlanSetProfilePosition
  Sets the position of a single, specified profile in the preference list

• WlanSetPsdIEDataList
  Sets the proximity service discovery (PSD) information element (IE) data list

See Also

Reference

Native Wi-Fi Reference
Native Wi-Fi Enumerations
Native Wi-Fi Structures
Profile XML Schema