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OID_GEN_HARDWARE_STATUS

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As a query, the OID_GEN_HARDWARE_STATUS OID specifies the current hardware status of the underlying NIC.

Version Information

Windows Vista and later versions of Windows
Supported.

NDIS 6.0 and later miniport drivers
Obsolete.

NDIS 5.1 miniport drivers
Mandatory.

Windows XP
Supported.

NDIS 5.1 miniport drivers
Mandatory.

Remarks

The OID_GEN_HARDWARE_STATUS OID specifies the current hardware status of the underlying NIC as one of the following NDIS_HARDWARE_STATUS-type values:

NdisHardwareStatusReady
Available and capable of sending and receiving data over the wire

NdisHardwareStatusInitializing
Initializing

NdisHardwareStatusReset
Resetting

NdisHardwareStatusClosing
Closing

NdisHardwareStatusNotReady
Not ready

Requirements

Header

 Ntddndis.h (include Ndis.h)