DOT11_DIRECTION enumeration (windot11.h)

Important  The Native 802.11 Wireless LAN interface is deprecated in Windows 10 and later. Please use the WLAN Device Driver Interface (WDI) instead. For more information about WDI, see WLAN Universal Windows driver model.

 

The DOT11_DIRECTION enumeration specifies whether the 802.11 station uses a cipher key to decrypt received packets and/or encrypt transmitted packets.

Syntax

typedef enum DOT11_DIRECTION {
  DOT11_DIR_INBOUND   = 1,
  DOT11_DIR_OUTBOUND  = 2,
  DOT11_DIR_BOTH      = 3
} DOT11_DIRECTION, *PDOT11_DIRECTION;

Constants

DOT11_DIR_INBOUND The 802.11 station uses the cipher key to decrypt packets received from the access point (AP) or peer station.
DOT11_DIR_OUTBOUND The 802.11 station uses the cipher key to encrypt packets transmitted to the AP or peer station.
DOT11_DIR_BOTH The 802.11 station uses the cipher key for packets received from or transmitted to the AP or peer station.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Available in Windows Vista and later versions of the Windows operating systems.
Header	windot11.h (include Ndis.h)

See also

Dot11ExtSetDefaultKey

DOT11_CIPHER_KEY_MAPPING_KEY_VALUE