IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES_LH structure (iptypes.h)
The IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure is the header node for a linked list of addresses for a particular adapter. This structure can simultaneously be used as part of a linked list of IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structures.
Syntax
typedef struct _IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES_LH {
union {
ULONGLONG Alignment;
struct {
ULONG Length;
IF_INDEX IfIndex;
};
};
struct _IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES_LH *Next;
PCHAR AdapterName;
PIP_ADAPTER_UNICAST_ADDRESS_LH FirstUnicastAddress;
PIP_ADAPTER_ANYCAST_ADDRESS_XP FirstAnycastAddress;
PIP_ADAPTER_MULTICAST_ADDRESS_XP FirstMulticastAddress;
PIP_ADAPTER_DNS_SERVER_ADDRESS_XP FirstDnsServerAddress;
PWCHAR DnsSuffix;
PWCHAR Description;
PWCHAR FriendlyName;
BYTE PhysicalAddress[MAX_ADAPTER_ADDRESS_LENGTH];
ULONG PhysicalAddressLength;
union {
ULONG Flags;
struct {
ULONG DdnsEnabled : 1;
ULONG RegisterAdapterSuffix : 1;
ULONG Dhcpv4Enabled : 1;
ULONG ReceiveOnly : 1;
ULONG NoMulticast : 1;
ULONG Ipv6OtherStatefulConfig : 1;
ULONG NetbiosOverTcpipEnabled : 1;
ULONG Ipv4Enabled : 1;
ULONG Ipv6Enabled : 1;
ULONG Ipv6ManagedAddressConfigurationSupported : 1;
};
};
ULONG Mtu;
IFTYPE IfType;
IF_OPER_STATUS OperStatus;
IF_INDEX Ipv6IfIndex;
ULONG ZoneIndices[16];
PIP_ADAPTER_PREFIX_XP FirstPrefix;
ULONG64 TransmitLinkSpeed;
ULONG64 ReceiveLinkSpeed;
PIP_ADAPTER_WINS_SERVER_ADDRESS_LH FirstWinsServerAddress;
PIP_ADAPTER_GATEWAY_ADDRESS_LH FirstGatewayAddress;
ULONG Ipv4Metric;
ULONG Ipv6Metric;
IF_LUID Luid;
SOCKET_ADDRESS Dhcpv4Server;
NET_IF_COMPARTMENT_ID CompartmentId;
NET_IF_NETWORK_GUID NetworkGuid;
NET_IF_CONNECTION_TYPE ConnectionType;
TUNNEL_TYPE TunnelType;
SOCKET_ADDRESS Dhcpv6Server;
BYTE Dhcpv6ClientDuid[MAX_DHCPV6_DUID_LENGTH];
ULONG Dhcpv6ClientDuidLength;
ULONG Dhcpv6Iaid;
PIP_ADAPTER_DNS_SUFFIX FirstDnsSuffix;
} IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES_LH, *PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES_LH;
Members
Alignment
Type: ULONGLONG
Reserved. Used by the compiler to align the structure.
Length
Type: ULONG
The length, in bytes, of this structure. Note that the length of the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure changed on Windows XP with SP1 and later and also on Windows Vista and later.
IfIndex
Type: DWORD
The index of the IPv4 interface with which these addresses are associated. On Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, this member is zero if IPv4 is not available on the interface.
Next
Type: struct _IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES*
A pointer to the next adapter addresses structure in the list.
AdapterName
Type: PCHAR
An array of characters that contains the name of the adapter with which these addresses are associated. Unlike an adapter's friendly name, the adapter name specified in AdapterName is permanent and cannot be modified by the user.
FirstUnicastAddress
Type: PIP_ADAPTER_UNICAST_ADDRESS
A pointer to the first IP_ADAPTER_UNICAST_ADDRESS structure in a linked list of IP unicast addresses for the adapter.
FirstAnycastAddress
Type: PIP_ADAPTER_ANYCAST_ADDRESS
A pointer to the first IP_ADAPTER_ANYCAST_ADDRESS structure in a linked list of IP anycast addresses for the adapter.
FirstMulticastAddress
Type: PIP_ADAPTER_MULTICAST_ADDRESS
A pointer to the first IP_ADAPTER_MULTICAST_ADDRESS structure in a list of IP multicast addresses for the adapter.
FirstDnsServerAddress
Type: PIP_ADAPTER_DNS_SERVER_ADDRESS
A pointer to the first IP_ADAPTER_DNS_SERVER_ADDRESS structure in a linked list of DNS server addresses for the adapter.
DnsSuffix
Type: PWCHAR
The Domain Name System (DNS) suffix associated with this adapter.
Description
Type: PWCHAR
A description for the adapter. This member is read-only.
FriendlyName
Type: PWCHAR
A user-friendly name for the adapter. For example: "Local Area Connection 1." This name appears in contexts such as the ipconfig command line program and the Connection folder. This member is read only and can't be modified using any IP Helper functions.
This member is the ifAlias field used by NDIS as described in RFC 2863. The ifAlias field can be set by an NDIS interface provider when the NDIS driver is installed. For NDIS miniport drivers, this field is set by NDIS.
PhysicalAddress[MAX_ADAPTER_ADDRESS_LENGTH]
Type: BYTE[MAX_ADAPTER_ADDRESS_LENGTH]
The Media Access Control (MAC) address for the adapter. For example, on an Ethernet network this member would specify the Ethernet hardware address.
PhysicalAddressLength
Type: DWORD
The length, in bytes, of the address specified in the PhysicalAddress member. For interfaces that do not have a data-link layer, this value is zero.
Flags
Type: DWORD
A set of flags specifying various settings for the adapter. These values are defined in the Iptypes.h header file. Combinations of these flag bits are possible.
DdnsEnabled
RegisterAdapterSuffix
Dhcpv4Enabled
ReceiveOnly
NoMulticast
Ipv6OtherStatefulConfig
NetbiosOverTcpipEnabled
Ipv4Enabled
Ipv6Enabled
Ipv6ManagedAddressConfigurationSupported
Mtu
Type: DWORD
The maximum transmission unit (MTU) size, in bytes.
IfType
Type: DWORD
The interface type as defined by the Internet Assigned Names Authority (IANA). Possible values for the interface type are listed in the Ipifcons.h header file.
The table below lists common values for the interface type although many other values are possible.
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
|
Some other type of network interface. |
|
An Ethernet network interface. |
|
A token ring network interface. |
|
A PPP network interface. |
|
A software loopback network interface. |
|
An ATM network interface. |
|
An IEEE 802.11 wireless network interface.
On Windows Vista and later, wireless network cards are reported as IF_TYPE_IEEE80211. On earlier versions of Windows, wireless network cards are reported as IF_TYPE_ETHERNET_CSMACD. On Windows XP with SP3 and on Windows XP with SP2 x86 with the Wireless LAN API for Windows XP with SP2 installed, the WlanEnumInterfaces function can be used to enumerate wireless interfaces on the local computer. |
|
A tunnel type encapsulation network interface. |
|
An IEEE 1394 (Firewire) high performance serial bus network interface. |
OperStatus
Type: IF_OPER_STATUS
The operational status for the interface as defined in RFC 2863. For more information, see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2863.txt. This member can be one of the values from the IF_OPER_STATUS enumeration type defined in the Iftypes.h header file. On Windows Vista and later, the header files were reorganized and this enumeration is defined in the Ifdef.h header file.
Ipv6IfIndex
Type: DWORD
The interface index for the IPv6 IP address. This member is zero if IPv6 is not available on the interface.
ZoneIndices[16]
Type: DWORD[16]
An array of scope IDs for each scope level used for composing sockaddr structures. The SCOPE_LEVEL enumeration is used to index the array. On IPv6, a single interface may be assigned multiple IPv6 multicast addresses based on a scope ID.
FirstPrefix
Type: PIP_ADAPTER_PREFIX
A pointer to the first IP_ADAPTER_PREFIX structure in a linked list of IP adapter prefixes for the adapter.
TransmitLinkSpeed
Type: ULONG64
The current speed in bits per second of the transmit link for the adapter.
ReceiveLinkSpeed
Type: ULONG64
The current speed in bits per second of the receive link for the adapter.
FirstWinsServerAddress
Type: PIP_ADAPTER_WINS_SERVER_ADDRESS_LH
A pointer to the first IP_ADAPTER_WINS_SERVER_ADDRESS structure in a linked list of Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server addresses for the adapter.
FirstGatewayAddress
Type: PIP_ADAPTER_GATEWAY_ADDRESS_LH
A pointer to the first IP_ADAPTER_GATEWAY_ADDRESS structure in a linked list of gateways for the adapter.
Ipv4Metric
Type: ULONG
The IPv4 interface metric for the adapter address. This member is only applicable to an IPv4 adapter address.
The actual route metric used to compute the route preferences for IPv4 is the summation of the route metric offset specified in the Metric member of the MIB_IPFORWARD_ROW2 structure and the interface metric specified in this member for IPv4.
Ipv6Metric
Type: ULONG
The IPv6 interface metric for the adapter address. This member is only applicable to an IPv6 adapter address.
The actual route metric used to compute the route preferences for IPv6 is the summation of the route metric offset specified in the Metric member of the MIB_IPFORWARD_ROW2 structure and the interface metric specified in this member for IPv4.
Luid
Type: IF_LUID
The interface LUID for the adapter address.
Dhcpv4Server
Type: SOCKET_ADDRESS
The IPv4 address of the DHCP server for the adapter address. This member is only applicable to an IPv4 adapter address configured using DHCP.
CompartmentId
Type: NET_IF_COMPARTMENT_ID
The routing compartment ID for the adapter address.
NetworkGuid
Type: NET_IF_NETWORK_GUID
The GUID that is associated with the network that the interface belongs to.
If the interface provider cannot provide the network GUID, this member can be a zero GUID. In this case, the interface was registered by NDIS in the default network.
ConnectionType
Type: NET_IF_CONNECTION_TYPE
The interface connection type for the adapter address.
This member can be one of the values from the NET_IF_CONNECTION_TYPE enumeration type defined in the Ifdef.h header file.
TunnelType
Type: TUNNEL_TYPE
The encapsulation method used by a tunnel if the adapter address is a tunnel.
Dhcpv6Server
Type: SOCKET_ADDRESS
The IPv6 address of the DHCPv6 server for the adapter address. This member is only applicable to an IPv6 adapter address configured using DHCPv6. This structure member is not currently supported and is reserved for future use.
Dhcpv6ClientDuid[MAX_DHCPV6_DUID_LENGTH]
Type: BYTE[MAX_DHCPV6_DUID_LENGTH]
The DHCP unique identifier (DUID) for the DHCPv6 client. This member is only applicable to an IPv6 adapter address configured using DHCPv6.
Dhcpv6ClientDuidLength
Type: ULONG
The length, in bytes, of the DHCP unique identifier (DUID) for the DHCPv6 client. This member is only applicable to an IPv6 adapter address configured using DHCPv6.
Dhcpv6Iaid
Type: ULONG
The identifier for an identity association chosen by the DHCPv6 client. This member is only applicable to an IPv6 adapter address configured using DHCPv6.
FirstDnsSuffix
Type: PIP_ADAPTER_DNS_SUFFIX
A pointer to the first IP_ADAPTER_DNS_SUFFIX structure in a linked list of DNS suffixes for the adapter.
Remarks
The GetAdaptersAddresses function retrieves information for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and returns this information as a linked list of IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structures
The adapter index values specified in the IfIndex and Ipv6IfIndex members may change when an adapter is disabled and then enabled, or under other circumstances, and should not be considered persistent.
The values for the IfType member are defined in the Ipifcons.h header file. Only the possible values listed in the description of the IfType member are currently supported.
The size of the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure changed on Windows XP with SP1 and later. The size of the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure also changed on Windows Vista and later. The size of the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure also changed on Windows Vista with SP1and later and onWindows Server 2008 and later. The Length member should be used to determine which version of the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure is being used.
The version of the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure on Windows XP with SP1 and later has the following new members added: Ipv6IfIndex, ZoneIndices, and FirstPrefix.
The version of the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure on Windows Vista and later has the following new members added: TransmitLinkSpeed, ReceiveLinkSpeed, FirstWinsServerAddress, FirstGatewayAddress, Ipv4Metric, Ipv6Metric, Luid, Dhcpv4Server, CompartmentId, NetworkGuid, ConnectionType, TunnelType, Dhcpv6Server, Dhcpv6ClientDuid, Dhcpv6ClientDuidLength, and Dhcpv6Iaid.
The version of the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure on Windows Vista with SP1and later and on Windows Server 2008 and later has the following new member added: FirstDnsSuffix.
The Ipv4Metric and Ipv6Metric members are used to prioritize route metrics for routes connected to multiple interfaces on the local computer.
The order of linked IP_ADAPTER_UNICAST_ADDRESS structures pointed to by the FirstUnicastAddress member that are returned by the GetAdaptersAddresses function does not reflect the order that IP addresses were added to an adapter and may vary between versions of Windows. Similarly, the order of linked IP_ADAPTER_ANYCAST_ADDRESS structures pointed to by the FirstAnycastAddress member and the order of linked IP_ADAPTER_MULTICAST_ADDRESS structures pointed to by the FirstMulticastAddress member do not reflect the order that IP addresses were added to an adapter and may vary between versions of Windows.
In addition, the linked IP_ADAPTER_UNICAST_ADDRESS structures pointed to by the FirstUnicastAddress member and the linked IP_ADAPTER_PREFIX structures pointed to by the FirstPrefix member are maintained as separate internal linked lists by the operating system. As a result, the order of linked IP_ADAPTER_UNICAST_ADDRESS structures pointed to by the FirstUnicastAddress member does not have any relationship with the order of linked IP_ADAPTER_PREFIX structures pointed to by the FirstPrefix member.
On Windows Vista and later, the linked IP_ADAPTER_PREFIX structures pointed to by the FirstPrefix member include three IP adapter prefixes for each IP address assigned to the adapter. These include the host IP address prefix, the subnet IP address prefix, and the subnet broadcast IP address prefix. In addition, for each adapter there is a multicast address prefix and a broadcast address prefix.
On Windows XP with SP1 and later prior to Windows Vista, the linked IP_ADAPTER_PREFIX structures pointed to by the FirstPrefix member include only a single IP adapter prefix for each IP address assigned to the adapter.
In the Windows SDK, the version of the structure for use on Windows Vista and later is defined as
IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES_LH. In the
Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK), the version of this structure to be used on earlier systems including
Windows XP with SP1 and later is defined as
IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES_XP. When compiling an
application if the target platform is Windows Vista and later
(NTDDI_VERSION >= NTDDI_LONGHORN,
_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0600, or
WINVER >= 0x0600), the
IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES_LH structure is typedefed to
the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure. When compiling an application if the target
platform is not Windows Vista and later, the
IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES_XP structure is typedefed to
the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure.
The SOCKET_ADDRESS structure is used in the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure. On the Windows SDK released for Windows Vista and later, the organization of header files has changed and the SOCKET_ADDRESS structure is defined in the Ws2def.h header file which is automatically included by the Winsock2.h header file. On the Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) released for Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, the SOCKET_ADDRESS structure is declared in the Winsock2.h header file. In order to use the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure, the Winsock2.h header file must be included before the Iphlpapi.h header file.
Examples
This example retrieves the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES structure for the adapters associated with the system and prints some members for each adapter interface.
#include <winsock2.h>
#include <iphlpapi.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "IPHLPAPI.lib")
#define MALLOC(x) HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, (x))
#define FREE(x) HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, (x))
/* Note: could also use malloc() and free() */
int __cdecl main(int argc, char **argv)
{
/* Declare and initialize variables */
DWORD dwSize = 0;
DWORD dwRetVal = 0;
unsigned int i = 0;
// Set the flags to pass to GetAdaptersAddresses
ULONG flags = GAA_FLAG_INCLUDE_PREFIX;
// default to unspecified address family (both)
ULONG family = AF_UNSPEC;
LPVOID lpMsgBuf = NULL;
PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES pAddresses = NULL;
ULONG outBufLen = 0;
PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES pCurrAddresses = NULL;
PIP_ADAPTER_UNICAST_ADDRESS pUnicast = NULL;
PIP_ADAPTER_ANYCAST_ADDRESS pAnycast = NULL;
PIP_ADAPTER_MULTICAST_ADDRESS pMulticast = NULL;
IP_ADAPTER_DNS_SERVER_ADDRESS *pDnServer = NULL;
IP_ADAPTER_PREFIX *pPrefix = NULL;
if (argc != 2) {
printf(" Usage: getadapteraddresses family\n");
printf(" getadapteraddresses 4 (for IPv4)\n");
printf(" getadapteraddresses 6 (for IPv6)\n");
printf(" getadapteraddresses A (for both IPv4 and IPv6)\n");
exit(1);
}
if (atoi(argv[1]) == 4)
family = AF_INET;
else if (atoi(argv[1]) == 6)
family = AF_INET6;
outBufLen = sizeof (IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES);
pAddresses = (IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES *) MALLOC(outBufLen);
// Make an initial call to GetAdaptersAddresses to get the
// size needed into the outBufLen variable
if (GetAdaptersAddresses(family, flags, NULL, pAddresses, &outBufLen)
== ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW) {
FREE(pAddresses);
pAddresses = (IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES *) MALLOC(outBufLen);
}
if (pAddresses == NULL) {
printf("Memory allocation failed for IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES struct\n");
exit(1);
}
// Make a second call to GetAdaptersAddresses to get the
// actual data we want
printf("Memory allocated for GetAdapterAddresses = %d bytes\n", outBufLen);
printf("Calling GetAdaptersAddresses function with family = ");
if (family == AF_INET)
printf("AF_INET\n");
if (family == AF_INET6)
printf("AF_INET6\n");
if (family == AF_UNSPEC)
printf("AF_UNSPEC\n\n");
dwRetVal =
GetAdaptersAddresses(family, flags, NULL, pAddresses, &outBufLen);
if (dwRetVal == NO_ERROR) {
// If successful, output some information from the data we received
pCurrAddresses = pAddresses;
while (pCurrAddresses) {
printf("\tLength of the IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESS struct: %ld\n",
pCurrAddresses->Length);
printf("\tIfIndex (IPv4 interface): %u\n", pCurrAddresses->IfIndex);
printf("\tAdapter name: %s\n", pCurrAddresses->AdapterName);
pUnicast = pCurrAddresses->FirstUnicastAddress;
if (pUnicast != NULL) {
for (i = 0; pUnicast != NULL; i++)
pUnicast = pUnicast->Next;
printf("\tNumber of Unicast Addresses: %d\n", i);
} else
printf("\tNo Unicast Addresses\n");
pAnycast = pCurrAddresses->FirstAnycastAddress;
if (pAnycast) {
for (i = 0; pAnycast != NULL; i++)
pAnycast = pAnycast->Next;
printf("\tNumber of Anycast Addresses: %d\n", i);
} else
printf("\tNo Anycast Addresses\n");
pMulticast = pCurrAddresses->FirstMulticastAddress;
if (pMulticast) {
for (i = 0; pMulticast != NULL; i++)
pMulticast = pMulticast->Next;
printf("\tNumber of Multicast Addresses: %d\n", i);
} else
printf("\tNo Multicast Addresses\n");
pDnServer = pCurrAddresses->FirstDnsServerAddress;
if (pDnServer) {
for (i = 0; pDnServer != NULL; i++)
pDnServer = pDnServer->Next;
printf("\tNumber of DNS Server Addresses: %d\n", i);
} else
printf("\tNo DNS Server Addresses\n");
printf("\tDNS Suffix: %wS\n", pCurrAddresses->DnsSuffix);
printf("\tDescription: %wS\n", pCurrAddresses->Description);
printf("\tFriendly name: %wS\n", pCurrAddresses->FriendlyName);
if (pCurrAddresses->PhysicalAddressLength != 0) {
printf("\tPhysical address: ");
for (i = 0; i < pCurrAddresses->PhysicalAddressLength;
i++) {
if (i == (pCurrAddresses->PhysicalAddressLength - 1))
printf("%.2X\n",
(int) pCurrAddresses->PhysicalAddress[i]);
else
printf("%.2X-",
(int) pCurrAddresses->PhysicalAddress[i]);
}
}
printf("\tFlags: %ld\n", pCurrAddresses->Flags);
printf("\tMtu: %lu\n", pCurrAddresses->Mtu);
printf("\tIfType: %ld\n", pCurrAddresses->IfType);
printf("\tOperStatus: %ld\n", pCurrAddresses->OperStatus);
printf("\tIpv6IfIndex (IPv6 interface): %u\n",
pCurrAddresses->Ipv6IfIndex);
printf("\tZoneIndices (hex): ");
for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
printf("%lx ", pCurrAddresses->ZoneIndices[i]);
printf("\n");
pPrefix = pCurrAddresses->FirstPrefix;
if (pPrefix) {
for (i = 0; pPrefix != NULL; i++)
pPrefix = pPrefix->Next;
printf("\tNumber of IP Adapter Prefix entries: %d\n", i);
} else
printf("\tNo IP Adapter Prefix entries\n");
printf("\n");
pCurrAddresses = pCurrAddresses->Next;
}
} else {
printf("Call to GetAdaptersAddresses failed with error: %d\n",
dwRetVal);
if (dwRetVal == ERROR_NO_DATA)
printf("\tNo addresses were found for the requested parameters\n");
else {
if (FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS, NULL, dwRetVal, MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), // Default language
(LPTSTR) & lpMsgBuf, 0, NULL)) {
printf("\tError: %s", lpMsgBuf);
LocalFree(lpMsgBuf);
FREE(pAddresses);
exit(1);
}
}
}
FREE(pAddresses);
return 0;
}
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client | Windows XP [desktop apps only] |
| Minimum supported server | Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only] |
| Header | iptypes.h (include Iphlpapi.h) |
See also
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