GetAdaptersAddresses (Windows CE 5.0)
This function retrieves the addresses associated with the adapters on the local computer.
DWORD WINAPI GetAdaptersAddresses(ULONGFamily,DWORDFlags,PVOIDReserved,PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSESpAdapterAddresses,PULONGpOutBufLen);
Parameters
- Family
[in] The address family of the addresses to retrieve. The following table shows the possible values for this parameter.Value Description AF_INET Return only IPv4 addresses. AF_INET6 Return only IPv6 addresses. AF_UNSPEC Return addresses from all address families. - Flags
[in] The type of the addresses to retrieve. The following table shows the possible values. This parameter is zero or a combination of these values.Value Description GAA_FLAG_INCLUDE_PREFIX Return the IPv6 address prefix. GAA_FLAG_SKIP_UNICAST Do not return unicast addresses. GAA_FLAG_SKIP_ANYCAST Do not return anycast addresses. GAA_FLAG_SKIP_FRIENDLY_NAME Do not return the adapter's friendly name. GAA_FLAG_SKIP_MULTICAST Do not return multicast addresses. GAA_FLAG_SKIP_DNS_SERVER Do not return addresses of DNS servers. - Reserved
[in] Reserved. - pAdapterAddresses
[out] Pointer to an IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure containing information about the adapter addresses. - pOutBufLen
[in, out] Pointer to the size, in bytes, of the buffer indicated by pAdapterAddresses.
Remarks
The information returned by this function includes information for IPv6 interfaces.
Return Values
The following are the errors that GetAdaptersAddresses function returns:
ERROR_SUCCESS - call was successful and results are in the provided buffer.
ERROR_NO_DATA - call was successful but there was no data to return.
ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW - call failed because the buffer was too small for the data to be returned.
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER - user passed in a NULL or an invalid pointer for one or more of the OUT parameters.
For a complete list of error codes, see Error Values or the SDK header file Winerror.h.
Requirements
OS Versions: Windows CE .NET 4.1 and later.
Header: Iphlpapi.h.
Link Library: Iphlpapi.lib.
See Also
IP Helper Functions | IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES
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