Native Wifi
Overview of the Native Wifi technology.
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Enumerations
| DOT11_ADHOC_AUTH_ALGORITHM Specifies the authentication algorithm for user or machine authentication on an ad hoc network. |
| DOT11_ADHOC_CIPHER_ALGORITHM Specifies a cipher algorithm used to encrypt and decrypt information on an ad hoc network. |
| DOT11_ADHOC_CONNECT_FAIL_REASON Specifies the reason why a connection attempt failed. |
| DOT11_ADHOC_NETWORK_CONNECTION_STATUS Specifies the connection state of an ad hoc network. |
| ONEX_AUTH_IDENTITY Specifies the possible values of the identity used for 802.1X authentication status. |
| ONEX_AUTH_RESTART_REASON Specifies the possible reasons that 802.1X authentication was restarted. |
| ONEX_AUTH_STATUS Specifies the possible values for the 802.1X authentication status. |
| ONEX_EAP_METHOD_BACKEND_SUPPORT Specifies the possible values for whether the EAP method configured on the supplicant for 802.1X authentication is supported on the authentication server. |
| ONEX_NOTIFICATION_TYPE Specifies the possible values of the NotificationCode member of the WLAN_NOTIFICATION_DATA structure for 802.1X module notifications. |
| ONEX_REASON_CODE Specifies the possible values that indicate the reason that 802.1X authentication failed. |
| WL_DISPLAY_PAGES Specifies the active tab when the wireless profile user interface dialog box appears. |
| WLAN_CONNECTION_MODE Defines the mode of connection. |
| WLAN_FILTER_LIST_TYPE Indicates types of filter lists. |
| WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_NOTIFICATION_CODE Specifies the possible values of the NotificationCode parameter for received notifications on the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_OPCODE Specifies the possible values of the operation code for the properties to query or set on the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_PEER_AUTH_STATE Specifies the possible values for the authentication state of a peer on the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_REASON Specifies the possible values for the result of a wireless Hosted Network function call. |
| WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_STATE Specifies the possible values for the network state of the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WLAN_INTERFACE_TYPE Specifies the wireless interface type. |
| WLAN_INTF_OPCODE Defines constants that specify various opcodes used to set and query parameters on a wireless interface. |
| WLAN_SECURABLE_OBJECT Defines the securable objects used by Native Wifi Functions. |
Functions
| Clone Creates a new enumeration interface. (IEnumDot11AdHocInterfaces.Clone) |
| Clone Creates a new enumeration interface. (IEnumDot11AdHocNetworks.Clone) |
| Clone Creates a new enumeration interface. (IEnumDot11AdHocSecuritySettings.Clone) |
| CommitCreatedNetwork Initializes a created network and optionally commits the network's profile to the profile store. |
| Connect Connects to a previously created wireless ad hoc network. |
| CreateNetwork Creates a wireless ad hoc network. |
| DeleteProfile Deletes any profile associated with the network. |
| Disconnect Disconnects from an ad hoc network. |
| GetActiveNetwork Gets the network that is currently active on the interface. |
| GetContextGuid Gets the context identifier associated with the network. |
| GetDeviceSignature Gets the signature of the NIC. |
| GetDot11AuthAlgorithm Gets the authentication algorithm associated with the security settings. |
| GetDot11CipherAlgorithm Gets the cipher algorithm associated with the security settings. |
| GetFriendlyName Gets the friendly name of the NIC. |
| GetIEnumDot11AdHocInterfaces Returns the set of wireless network interface cards (NICs) available on the machine. |
| GetIEnumDot11AdHocNetworks Gets the collection of networks associated with this NIC. |
| GetIEnumDot11AdHocNetworks Returns a list of available ad hoc network destinations within connection range. |
| GetIEnumSecuritySettings Gets the collection of security settings associated with this NIC. |
| GetInterface Gets the interface associated with a network. |
| GetNetwork Returns the network associated with a signature. |
| GetProfileName Gets the profile name associated with the network. |
| GetSecuritySetting Gets the security settings for the network. |
| GetSignalQuality Gets the signal quality values associated with the network's radio. |
| GetSignature Gets the unique signature associated with the ad hoc network. |
| GetSSID Gets the SSID of the network. |
| GetStatus Gets the connection status of the active network associated with this NIC. |
| GetStatus Gets the connection status of the network. |
| HasProfile Returns a boolean value that specifies whether there is a saved profile associated with the network. |
| IsAdHocCapable Specifies whether a NIC supports the creation or use of an ad hoc network. |
| IsDot11d Specifies whether the NIC is 802.11d compliant. |
| IsRadioOn Specifies whether the radio is on. |
| Next Gets the specified number of elements from the sequence and advances the current position by the number of items retrieved. (IEnumDot11AdHocInterfaces.Next) |
| Next Gets the specified number of elements from the sequence and advances the current position by the number of items retrieved. (IEnumDot11AdHocNetworks.Next) |
| Next Gets the specified number of elements from the sequence and advances the current position by the number of items retrieved. (IEnumDot11AdHocSecuritySettings.Next) |
| OnConnectFail Notifies the client that a connection attempt failed. |
| OnConnectionStatusChange Notifies the client that the connection status of the network associated with the NIC has changed. |
| OnInterfaceAdd Notifies the client that a new network interface card (NIC) is active. |
| OnInterfaceRemove Notifies the client that a network interface card (NIC) has become inactive. |
| OnNetworkAdd Notifies the client that a new wireless ad hoc network destination is in range and available for connection. |
| OnNetworkRemove Notifies the client that a wireless ad hoc network destination is no longer available for connection. |
| OnStatusChange Notifies the client that the connection status of the network has changed. |
| Reset Resets to the beginning of the enumeration sequence. (IEnumDot11AdHocInterfaces.Reset) |
| Reset Resets to the beginning of the enumeration sequence. (IEnumDot11AdHocNetworks.Reset) |
| Reset Resets to the beginning of the enumeration sequence. (IEnumDot11AdHocSecuritySettings.Reset) |
| Skip Skips over the next specified number of elements in the enumeration sequence. (IEnumDot11AdHocInterfaces.Skip) |
| Skip Skips over the next specified number of elements in the enumeration sequence. (IEnumDot11AdHocNetworks.Skip) |
| Skip Skips over the next specified number of elements in the enumeration sequence. (IEnumDot11AdHocSecuritySettings.Skip) |
| WFD_OPEN_SESSION_COMPLETE_CALLBACK Defines the callback function that is called by the WFDStartOpenSession function when the WFDStartOpenSession operation completes. |
| WFDCancelOpenSession Indicates that the application wants to cancel a pending WFDStartOpenSession function that has not completed. |
| WFDCloseHandle Closes a handle to the Wi-Fi Direct service. |
| WFDCloseSession Closes a session after a previously successful call to the WFDStartOpenSession function. |
| WFDOpenHandle Opens a handle to the Wi-Fi Direct service and negotiates a version of the Wi-FI Direct API to use. |
| WFDOpenLegacySession Retrieves and applies a stored profile for a Wi-Fi Direct legacy device. |
| WFDStartOpenSession Starts an on-demand connection to a specific Wi-Fi Direct device, which has been previously paired through the Windows Pairing experience. |
| WFDUpdateDeviceVisibility Updates device visibility for the Wi-Fi Direct device address for a given installed Wi-Fi Direct device node. |
| WLAN_NOTIFICATION_CALLBACK Defines the type of notification callback function. |
| WlanAllocateMemory Allocates memory. |
| WlanCloseHandle Closes a connection to the server. |
| WlanConnect Attempts to connect to a specific network. |
| WlanDeleteProfile Deletes a wireless profile for a wireless interface on the local computer. |
| WlanDeviceServiceCommand Allows an OEM or IHV component to communicate with a device service on a particular wireless LAN interface. |
| WlanDisconnect Disconnects an interface from its current network. |
| WlanEnumInterfaces Enumerates all of the wireless LAN interfaces currently enabled on the local computer. |
| WlanExtractPsdIEDataList Extracts the proximity service discovery (PSD) information element (IE) data list from raw IE data included in a beacon. |
| WlanFreeMemory Frees memory. |
| WlanGetAvailableNetworkList Retrieves the list of available networks on a wireless LAN interface. |
| WlanGetFilterList Retrieves a group policy or user permission list. |
| WlanGetInterfaceCapability Retrieves the capabilities of an interface. |
| WlanGetNetworkBssList Retrieves a list of the basic service set (BSS) entries of the wireless network or networks on a given wireless LAN interface. |
| WlanGetProfile Retrieves all information about a specified wireless profile. |
| WlanGetProfileCustomUserData Gets the custom user data associated with a wireless profile. |
| WlanGetProfileList Retrieves the list of profiles. |
| WlanGetSecuritySettings Gets the security settings associated with a configurable object. |
| WlanGetSupportedDeviceServices Retrieves a list of the supported device services on a given wireless LAN interface. |
| WlanHostedNetworkForceStart Transitions the wireless Hosted Network to the wlan_hosted_network_active state without associating the request with the application's calling handle. |
| WlanHostedNetworkForceStop Transitions the wireless Hosted Network to the wlan_hosted_network_idle without associating the request with the application's calling handle. |
| WlanHostedNetworkInitSettings Configures and persists to storage the network connection settings (SSID and maximum number of peers, for example) on the wireless Hosted Network if these settings are not already configured. |
| WlanHostedNetworkQueryProperty Queries the current static properties of the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WlanHostedNetworkQuerySecondaryKey Queries the secondary security key that is configured to be used by the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WlanHostedNetworkQueryStatus Queries the current status of the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WlanHostedNetworkRefreshSecuritySettings Refreshes the configurable and auto-generated parts of the wireless Hosted Network security settings. |
| WlanHostedNetworkSetProperty Sets static properties of the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WlanHostedNetworkSetSecondaryKey Configures the secondary security key that will be used by the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WlanHostedNetworkStartUsing Starts the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WlanHostedNetworkStopUsing Stops the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WlanIhvControl Provides a mechanism for independent hardware vendor (IHV) control of WLAN drivers or services. |
| WlanOpenHandle Opens a connection to the server. |
| WlanQueryAutoConfigParameter Queries for the parameters of the auto configuration service. |
| WlanQueryInterface The WlanQueryInterface function queries various parameters of a specified interface. |
| WlanReasonCodeToString Retrieves a string that describes a specified reason code. |
| WlanRegisterDeviceServiceNotification Allows user mode clients with admin privileges, or User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF) drivers, to register for unsolicited notifications corresponding to device services that they're interested in. |
| WlanRegisterNotification Is used to register and unregister notifications on all wireless interfaces. |
| WlanRegisterVirtualStationNotification Is used to register and unregister notifications on a virtual station. |
| WlanRenameProfile Renames the specified profile. |
| WlanSaveTemporaryProfile Saves a temporary profile to the profile store. |
| WlanScan Requests a scan for available networks on the indicated interface. |
| WlanSetAutoConfigParameter Sets parameters for the automatic configuration service. |
| WlanSetFilterList Sets the permit/deny list. |
| WlanSetInterface Sets user-configurable parameters. |
| WlanSetProfile Sets the content of a specific profile. |
| WlanSetProfileCustomUserData Sets the custom user data associated with a profile. |
| WlanSetProfileEapUserData Sets the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) user credentials as specified by raw EAP data. |
| WlanSetProfileEapXmlUserData Sets the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) user credentials as specified by an XML string. |
| WlanSetProfileList Sets the preference order of profiles. |
| WlanSetProfilePosition Sets the position of a single, specified profile in the preference list. |
| WlanSetPsdIEDataList Sets the proximity service discovery (PSD) information element (IE) data list. |
| WlanSetSecuritySettings Sets the security settings for a configurable object. |
| WlanUIEditProfile Displays the wireless profile user interface (UI). |
Interfaces
| IDot11AdHocInterface Represents a wireless network interface card (NIC). |
| IDot11AdHocInterfaceNotificationSink Defines the notifications supported by IDot11AdHocInterface. |
| IDot11AdHocManager Creates and manages 802.11 ad hoc networks. |
| IDot11AdHocManagerNotificationSink Defines the notifications supported by the IDot11AdHocManager interface. |
| IDot11AdHocNetwork Represents an available ad hoc network destination within connection range. |
| IDot11AdHocNetworkNotificationSink Defines the notifications supported by the IDot11AdHocNetwork interface. |
| IDot11AdHocSecuritySettings Specifies the security settings for a wireless ad hoc network. |
| IEnumDot11AdHocInterfaces Represents the collection of currently visible 802.11 ad hoc network interfaces. |
| IEnumDot11AdHocNetworks Represents the collection of currently visible 802.11 ad hoc networks. |
| IEnumDot11AdHocSecuritySettings Represents the collection of security settings associated with each visible wireless ad hoc network. |
Structures
| DOT11_NETWORK Contains information about an available wireless network. (DOT11_NETWORK) |
| DOT11_NETWORK_LIST Contains a list of 802.11 wireless networks. |
| ONEX_AUTH_PARAMS Contains 802.1X authentication parameters used for 802.1X authentication. |
| ONEX_EAP_ERROR Contains 802.1X EAP error when an error occurs with 802.1X authentication. |
| ONEX_RESULT_UPDATE_DATA Contains information on a status change to 802.1X authentication. |
| ONEX_STATUS Contains the current 802.1X authentication status. |
| ONEX_VARIABLE_BLOB Is used as a member of other 802.1X authentication structures to contain variable-sized members. |
| WLAN_ASSOCIATION_ATTRIBUTES Contains association attributes for a connection. |
| WLAN_AUTH_CIPHER_PAIR_LIST Contains a list of authentication and cipher algorithm pairs. |
| WLAN_AVAILABLE_NETWORK Contains information about an available wireless network. (WLAN_AVAILABLE_NETWORK) |
| WLAN_AVAILABLE_NETWORK_LIST Contains an array of information about available networks. |
| WLAN_BSS_ENTRY Contains information about a basic service set (BSS). |
| WLAN_BSS_LIST Contains a list of basic service set (BSS) entries. |
| WLAN_CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES Defines the attributes of a wireless connection. |
| WLAN_CONNECTION_NOTIFICATION_DATA Contains information about connection related notifications. |
| WLAN_CONNECTION_PARAMETERS Specifies the parameters used when using the WlanConnect function. |
| WLAN_CONNECTION_QOS_INFO Contains information about the QoS features outlined by the WFA Wi-Fi QoS Management Specification pertaining to the current connection. |
| WLAN_COUNTRY_OR_REGION_STRING_LIST Contains a list of supported country or region strings. |
| WLAN_DEVICE_SERVICE_GUID_LIST Contains an array of device service GUIDs. |
| WLAN_DEVICE_SERVICE_NOTIFICATION_DATA A structure that represents a device service notification. |
| WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_CONNECTION_SETTINGS Contains information about the connection settings on the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_DATA_PEER_STATE_CHANGE Contains information about a network state change for a data peer on the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_PEER_STATE Contains information about the peer state for a peer on the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_RADIO_STATE Contains information about the radio state on the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_SECURITY_SETTINGS Contains information about the security settings on the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_STATE_CHANGE Contains information about a network state change on the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_STATUS Contains information about the status of the wireless Hosted Network. |
| WLAN_INTERFACE_CAPABILITY Contains information about the capabilities of an interface. |
| WLAN_INTERFACE_INFO Contains information about a wireless LAN interface. |
| WLAN_INTERFACE_INFO_LIST Array of NIC interface information. |
| WLAN_MAC_FRAME_STATISTICS Contains information about sent and received MAC frames. |
| WLAN_MSM_NOTIFICATION_DATA Contains information about media specific module (MSM) connection related notifications. |
| WLAN_PHY_FRAME_STATISTICS Contains information about sent and received PHY frames. |
| WLAN_PHY_RADIO_STATE Specifies the radio state. |
| WLAN_PROFILE_INFO Basic information about a profile. |
| WLAN_PROFILE_INFO_LIST Contains a list of wireless profile information. |
| WLAN_QOS_CAPABILITIES Contains capabilities of the features outlined in the WFA Wi-Fi QoS Management Specification. |
| WLAN_QOS_INFO Represents information about the four features outlined in the WFA's Wi-Fi QoS Management Specification, and defined in the 802.11 spec. |
| WLAN_RADIO_STATE Specifies the radio state on a list of physical layer (PHY) types. |
| WLAN_RATE_SET The set of supported data rates. |
| WLAN_RAW_DATA Contains raw data in the form of a blob that is used by some Native Wifi functions. |
| WLAN_RAW_DATA_LIST Contains raw data in the form of an array of data blobs that are used by some Native Wifi functions. |
| WLAN_REALTIME_CONNECTION_QUALITY Represents the attributes that describe the quality of the connection on a given interface. |
| WLAN_REALTIME_CONNECTION_QUALITY_LINK_INFO Contains information about a connected link. |
| WLAN_SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES Defines the security attributes for a wireless connection. |
| WLAN_STATISTICS Assorted statistics about an interface. |
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