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This function obtains the index of an adapter, given its name.

Syntax 

DWORD GetAdapterIndex(
  LPWSTR 
AdapterName, 
  PULONG 
IfIndex
);

Parameters

AdapterName

[in] Pointer to the name of the adapter.

IfIndex

[out] Pointer to the index of the adapter.

Return Value

Returns NO_ERROR if successful. If the function fails, it returns an error code. For a complete list of error codes, see Error Valuesor the SDK header file Winerror.h.

Requirements

Header iphlpapi.h
Library Iphlpapi.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 3.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also