GetUnicastIpAddressTable function (netioapi.h)
The GetUnicastIpAddressTable function retrieves the unicast IP address table on the local computer.
Syntax
IPHLPAPI_DLL_LINKAGE _NETIOAPI_SUCCESS_ NETIOAPI_API GetUnicastIpAddressTable(
[in] ADDRESS_FAMILY Family,
[out] PMIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_TABLE *Table
);
Parameters
[in] Family
The address family to retrieve.
Possible values for the address family are listed in the Winsock2.h header file. Note that the values for the AF_ address family and PF_ protocol family constants are identical (for example, AF_INET and PF_INET), so either constant can be used.
On the Windows SDK released for Windows Vista and later, the organization of header files has changed and possible values for this member are defined in the Ws2def.h header file. Note that the Ws2def.h header file is automatically included in Winsock2.h, and should never be used directly.
The values currently supported are AF_INET, AF_INET6, and AF_UNSPEC.
[out] Table
A pointer to a MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_TABLE structure that contains a table of unicast IP address entries on the local computer.
Return value
If the function succeeds, the return value is NO_ERROR.
If the function fails, the return value is one of the following error codes.
| Return code | Description |
|---|---|
|
An invalid parameter was passed to the function. This error is returned if a NULL pointer is passed in the Table parameter or the Family parameter was not specified as AF_INET, AF_INET6, or AF_UNSPEC. |
|
Insufficient memory resources are available to complete the operation. |
|
Element not found. This error is returned if no unicast IP address entries as specified in the Family parameter were found. |
|
The request is not supported. This error is returned if no IPv4 stack is on the local computer and AF_INET was specified in the Family parameter. This error is also returned if no IPv6 stack is on the local computer and AF_INET6 was specified in the Family parameter. This error is also returned on versions of Windows where this function is not supported. |
|
Use FormatMessage to obtain the message string for the returned error. |
Remarks
The GetUnicastIpAddressTable function is defined on Windows Vista and later.
The
GetUnicastIpAddressTable function enumerates the unicast IP addresses on a local system and returns this information in an MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_TABLE structure.
The unicast IP address entries are returned in a MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_TABLE structure in the buffer pointed to by the Table parameter. The MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_TABLE structure contains a unicast IP address entry count and an array of MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW structures for each unicast IP address entry. When these returned structures are no longer required, free the memory by calling the FreeMibTable.
The Family parameter must be initialized to either AF_INET, AF_INET6, or AF_UNSPEC.
Note that the returned MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_TABLE structure pointed to by the Table parameter may contain padding for alignment between the NumEntries member and the first MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW array entry in the Table member of the MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_TABLE structure. Padding for alignment may also be present between the MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW array entries. Any access to a MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW array entry should assume padding may exist.
Examples
The following example retrieves a unicast IP address table and prints some values from each of the retrieved MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW structures.
#ifndef UNICODE
#define UNICODE
#endif
#ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#endif
#include <Windows.h.>
#include <winsock2.h>
#include <ws2tcpip.h>
#include <ws2ipdef.h>
#include <iphlpapi.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
// Need to link with Iphlpapi.lib and Ws2_32.lib
#pragma comment (lib, "iphlpapi.lib")
#pragma comment (lib, "Ws2_32.lib")
int __cdecl wmain()
{
// Declare and initialize variables
unsigned int i;
DWORD Result = 0;
WCHAR Ipv4String[16] = { 0 };
WCHAR Ipv6String[46] = { 0 };
PMIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_TABLE pipTable = NULL;
Result = GetUnicastIpAddressTable(AF_UNSPEC, &pipTable);
if (Result != NO_ERROR) {
wprintf(L"GetUnicastIpAddressTable returned error: %ld\n", Result);
exit(1);
}
// Print some variables from the rows in the table
wprintf(L"Number of table entries: %d\n\n", pipTable->NumEntries);
for (i = 0; i < pipTable->NumEntries; i++) {
wprintf(L"AddressFamily[%d]:\t\t ", i);
switch (pipTable->Table[i].Address.si_family) {
case AF_INET:
wprintf(L"IPv4\n");
if (InetNtopW
(AF_INET, &pipTable->Table[i].Address.Ipv4.sin_addr, Ipv4String,
16) != NULL)
wprintf(L"IPv4 Address:\t\t\t %ws\n", Ipv4String);
break;
case AF_INET6:
wprintf(L"IPv6\n");
if (InetNtopW
(AF_INET6, &pipTable->Table[i].Address.Ipv6.sin6_addr,
Ipv6String, 46) != NULL)
wprintf(L"IPv6 Address:\t\t\t %ws\n", Ipv6String);
break;
default:
wprintf(L"Other: %d\n", pipTable->Table[i].Address.si_family);
break;
}
wprintf(L"Interface LUID NetLuidIndex[%d]: %lu\n",
i, pipTable->Table[i].InterfaceLuid.Info.NetLuidIndex);
wprintf(L"Interface LUID IfType[%d]:\t ", i);
switch (pipTable->Table[i].InterfaceLuid.Info.IfType) {
case IF_TYPE_OTHER:
wprintf(L"Other\n");
break;
case IF_TYPE_ETHERNET_CSMACD:
wprintf(L"Ethernet\n");
break;
case IF_TYPE_ISO88025_TOKENRING:
wprintf(L"Token ring\n");
break;
case IF_TYPE_PPP:
wprintf(L"PPP\n");
break;
case IF_TYPE_SOFTWARE_LOOPBACK:
wprintf(L"Software loopback\n");
break;
case IF_TYPE_ATM:
wprintf(L"ATM\n");
break;
case IF_TYPE_IEEE80211:
wprintf(L"802.11 wireless\n");
break;
case IF_TYPE_TUNNEL:
wprintf(L"Tunnel encapsulation\n");
break;
case IF_TYPE_IEEE1394:
wprintf(L"IEEE 1394 (Firewire)\n");
break;
default:
wprintf(L"Unknown: %d\n",
pipTable->Table[i].InterfaceLuid.Info.IfType);
break;
}
wprintf(L"Interface Index[%d]:\t\t %lu\n",
i, pipTable->Table[i].InterfaceIndex);
wprintf(L"Prefix Origin[%d]:\t\t ", i);
switch (pipTable->Table[i].PrefixOrigin) {
case IpPrefixOriginOther:
wprintf(L"IpPrefixOriginOther\n");
break;
case IpPrefixOriginManual:
wprintf(L"IpPrefixOriginManual\n");
break;
case IpPrefixOriginWellKnown:
wprintf(L"IpPrefixOriginWellKnown\n");
break;
case IpPrefixOriginDhcp:
wprintf(L"IpPrefixOriginDhcp\n");
break;
case IpPrefixOriginRouterAdvertisement:
wprintf(L"IpPrefixOriginRouterAdvertisement\n");
break;
case IpPrefixOriginUnchanged:
wprintf(L"IpPrefixOriginUnchanged\n");
break;
default:
wprintf(L"Unknown: %d\n", pipTable->Table[i].PrefixOrigin);
break;
}
wprintf(L"Suffix Origin[%d]:\t\t ", i);
switch (pipTable->Table[i].SuffixOrigin) {
case IpSuffixOriginOther:
wprintf(L"IpSuffixOriginOther\n");
break;
case IpSuffixOriginManual:
wprintf(L"IpSuffixOriginManual\n");
break;
case IpSuffixOriginWellKnown:
wprintf(L"IpSuffixOriginWellKnown\n");
break;
case IpSuffixOriginDhcp:
wprintf(L"IpSuffixOriginDhcp\n");
break;
case IpSuffixOriginLinkLayerAddress:
wprintf(L"IpSuffixOriginLinkLayerAddress\n");
break;
case IpSuffixOriginRandom:
wprintf(L"IpSuffixOriginRandom\n");
break;
case IpSuffixOriginUnchanged:
wprintf(L"IpSuffixOriginUnchanged\n");
break;
default:
wprintf(L"Unknown: %d\n", pipTable->Table[i].SuffixOrigin);
break;
}
wprintf(L"Valid Lifetime[%d]:\t\t 0x%x (%u)\n", i,
pipTable->Table[i].ValidLifetime,
pipTable->Table[i].ValidLifetime);
wprintf(L"Preferred Lifetime[%d]:\t\t 0x%x (%u)\n", i,
pipTable->Table[i].PreferredLifetime,
pipTable->Table[i].PreferredLifetime);
wprintf(L"OnLink PrefixLength[%d]:\t\t %lu\n", i,
pipTable->Table[i].OnLinkPrefixLength);
wprintf(L"Skip As Source[%d]:\t\t ", i);
if (pipTable->Table[i].SkipAsSource)
wprintf(L"Yes\n");
else
wprintf(L"No\n");
wprintf(L"Dad State[%d]:\t\t\t ", i);
switch (pipTable->Table[i].DadState) {
case IpDadStateInvalid:
wprintf(L"IpDadStateInvalid\n");
break;
case IpDadStateTentative:
wprintf(L"IpDadStateTentative\n");
break;
case IpDadStateDuplicate:
wprintf(L"IpDadStateDuplicate\n");
break;
case IpDadStateDeprecated:
wprintf(L"IpDadStateDeprecated\n");
break;
case IpDadStatePreferred:
wprintf(L"IpDadStatePreferred\n");
break;
default:
wprintf(L"Unknown: %d\n", pipTable->Table[i].DadState);
break;
}
wprintf(L"\n");
}
if (pipTable != NULL) {
FreeMibTable(pipTable);
pipTable = NULL;
}
exit(0);
}
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client | Windows Vista [desktop apps | UWP apps] |
| Minimum supported server | Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps | UWP apps] |
| Target Platform | Windows |
| Header | netioapi.h (include Iphlpapi.h) |
| Library | Iphlpapi.lib |
| DLL | Iphlpapi.dll |
See also
FreeMibTable
InitializeUnicastIpAddressEntry
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