When you call PacketGetAdapterNames, you get a 1 ascii/unicode string buffer
back containing 2 sections. The sections are delimited by 2 null
characters. The 1st section contains the list of cryptic IDs, each
delimited by 1 null character. The 2nd section contains the corresponding
friendly name, where each name is delimited by 1 null character. So for
example, a typical ascii string buffer in memory will look like this...
[cryptic ID1]\0[cryptic ID2]\0\0[friendly name1]\0[friendly name2]\0
[friendly name1] is the friendly name for [cryptic ID1].
[friendly name2] is the friendly name for [cryptic ID2].
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Antoon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 1:39 AM
Subject: [WinPcap-users] Obtain friendly interface names and IP addresses
> Hi,
>
> I need to display a "friendly" name for an interface (such as "SURECOM
> EP-320X-R 100/10/M PCI Adapter") instead of the cryptic ID
> "\Device\NPF_{5648216C-CDB9-45B2-8CEE-EDF723F20E05}". Is there a method I
> can call to retrieve this friendly name?
>
> Secondly, I need to know the IP address and subnet mask of the selected
> interface. How can this easily be determined? I am currently using the
> Windows API function GetAdaptersInfo() to get this information but the
> adapterindex's arent always in sync.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
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