GetAdaptersInfo Get Media Status and Detect WiFi Type

Question

I am using code similar to this one: Link

1. How do I get media status (connected or disconnected)?
2. How do I know if adapter is wireless type?

Prashant

Answer 1

There is the Native WiFi API. (For XP requires SP2/3, min server 2k8)

You can list enabled adapters with WlanEnumInterfaces.

You can fetch state with WlanQueryInterface with wlan_intf_opcode_interface_state to request the state in a WLAN_CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES struct.

An alternative are the MSNDIS WMI Classes.