NdisQueryAdapterInstanceName (Windows CE 5.0)
This function retrieves the friendly name of a physical NIC or a virtual adapter to which the calling protocol is bound.
NDIS_STATUS NdisQueryAdapterInstanceName(PNDIS_STRINGAdapterInstanceName,NDIS_HANDLENdisBindingHandle);
Parameters
- AdapterInstanceName
[out] Points to a caller-supplied variable that receives a counted Unicode string. This string specifies the friendly name of the interface to which the binding refers. This interface is either a physical NIC or a virtual adapter. - NdisBindingHandle
[in] Specifies the handle that identifies the target NIC or the virtual adapter of the next-lower driver to which the caller is bound. Typically, NdisBindingHandle was returned by the NdisOpenAdapter function.
Return Values
The following table shows the return values for this function.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| NDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS | If memory for the string at AdapterInstanceName was successfully allocated. |
| NDIS_STATUS_RESOURCES | Default return value. |
Remarks
A protocol driver uses NdisQueryAdapterInstanceName to retrieve the friendly name of a physical NIC or a virtual adapter to which the protocol is bound. The protocol driver specifies the handle to such a NIC or virtual adapter in NdisBindingHandle. The protocol driver can call NdisOpenAdapter to retrieve this handle.
NdisQueryAdapterInstanceName allocates memory for the string that specifies the friendly name. After the caller finishes using this memory, the caller must call the NdisFreeMemory function to release the memory.
Friendly names such as PCI Ethernet Adapter or Virtual Private Networking Adapter help the user quickly and accurately identify a physical NIC or virtual adapter.
Requirements
OS Versions: Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later.
Header: Ndis.h.
See Also
NdisFreeMemory | NdisOpenAdapter
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