MIB_TCPTABLE structure (tcpmib.h)

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02/22/2024

The MIB_TCPTABLE structure contains a table of TCP connections for IPv4 on the local computer.

Syntax

typedef struct _MIB_TCPTABLE {
  DWORD      dwNumEntries;
  MIB_TCPROW table[ANY_SIZE];
} MIB_TCPTABLE, *PMIB_TCPTABLE;

Members

dwNumEntries

The number of entries in the table.

table[ANY_SIZE]

A pointer to a table of TCP connections implemented as an array of MIB_TCPROW structures.

Remarks

The GetTcpTable function retrieves the IPv4 TCP connection table on the local computer and returns this information in a MIB_TCPTABLE structure. An array of MIB_TCPROW structures are contained in the MIB_TCPTABLE structure.

The MIB_TCPTABLE structure may contain padding for alignment between the dwNumEntries member and the first MIB_TCPROW array entry in the table member. Padding for alignment may also be present between the MIB_TCPROW array entries in the table member. Any access to a MIB_TCPROW array entry should assume padding may exist.

On the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) released for Windows Vista and later, the organization of header files has changed. This structure is defined in the Tcpmib.h header file, not in the Iprtrmib.h header file. Note that the Tcpmib.h header file is automatically included in Iprtrmib.h, which is automatically included in the Iphlpapi.h header file. The Tcpmib.h and Iprtrmib.h header files should never be used directly.

Examples

The following example retrieves the TCP connection table for IPv4 as a MIB_TCPTABLE structure and prints the state of each connection represented as a MIB_TCPROW structure.

#include <winsock2.h>
#include <ws2tcpip.h>
#include <iphlpapi.h>
#include <stdio.h>

// Need to link with Iphlpapi.lib and Ws2_32.lib
#pragma comment(lib, "iphlpapi.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")

#define MALLOC(x) HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, (x))
#define FREE(x) HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, (x))

/* Note: could also use malloc() and free() */

int main()
{

    // Declare and initialize variables
    PMIB_TCPTABLE pTcpTable;
    DWORD dwSize = 0;
    DWORD dwRetVal = 0;

    char szLocalAddr[128];
    char szRemoteAddr[128];

    struct in_addr IpAddr;

    int i;

    pTcpTable = (MIB_TCPTABLE *) MALLOC(sizeof (MIB_TCPTABLE));
    if (pTcpTable == NULL) {
        printf("Error allocating memory\n");
        return 1;
    }

    dwSize = sizeof (MIB_TCPTABLE);
// Make an initial call to GetTcpTable to
// get the necessary size into the dwSize variable
    if ((dwRetVal = GetTcpTable(pTcpTable, &dwSize, TRUE)) ==
        ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
        FREE(pTcpTable);
        pTcpTable = (MIB_TCPTABLE *) MALLOC(dwSize);
        if (pTcpTable == NULL) {
            printf("Error allocating memory\n");
            return 1;
        }
    }
// Make a second call to GetTcpTable to get
// the actual data we require
    if ((dwRetVal = GetTcpTable(pTcpTable, &dwSize, TRUE)) == NO_ERROR) {
        printf("\tNumber of entries: %d\n", (int) pTcpTable->dwNumEntries);
        for (i = 0; i < (int) pTcpTable->dwNumEntries; i++) {
            printf("\n\tTCP[%d] State: %ld - ", i,
                   pTcpTable->table[i].dwState);
            switch (pTcpTable->table[i].dwState) {
            case MIB_TCP_STATE_CLOSED:
                printf("CLOSED\n");
                break;
            case MIB_TCP_STATE_LISTEN:
                printf("LISTEN\n");
                break;
            case MIB_TCP_STATE_SYN_SENT:
                printf("SYN-SENT\n");
                break;
            case MIB_TCP_STATE_SYN_RCVD:
                printf("SYN-RECEIVED\n");
                break;
            case MIB_TCP_STATE_ESTAB:
                printf("ESTABLISHED\n");
                break;
            case MIB_TCP_STATE_FIN_WAIT1:
                printf("FIN-WAIT-1\n");
                break;
            case MIB_TCP_STATE_FIN_WAIT2:
                printf("FIN-WAIT-2 \n");
                break;
            case MIB_TCP_STATE_CLOSE_WAIT:
                printf("CLOSE-WAIT\n");
                break;
            case MIB_TCP_STATE_CLOSING:
                printf("CLOSING\n");
                break;
            case MIB_TCP_STATE_LAST_ACK:
                printf("LAST-ACK\n");
                break;
            case MIB_TCP_STATE_TIME_WAIT:
                printf("TIME-WAIT\n");
                break;
            case MIB_TCP_STATE_DELETE_TCB:
                printf("DELETE-TCB\n");
                break;
            default:
                printf("UNKNOWN dwState value: %d\n", pTcpTable->table[i].dwState);
                break;
            }

            IpAddr.S_un.S_addr = (u_long) pTcpTable->table[i].dwLocalAddr;
            strcpy_s(szLocalAddr, sizeof (szLocalAddr), inet_ntoa(IpAddr));
            printf("\tTCP[%d] Local Addr: %s\n", i, szLocalAddr);

            printf("\tTCP[%d] Local Port: %d \n", i,
                   ntohs((u_short)pTcpTable->table[i].dwLocalPort));

            IpAddr.S_un.S_addr = (u_long) pTcpTable->table[i].dwRemoteAddr;
            strcpy_s(szRemoteAddr, sizeof (szRemoteAddr), inet_ntoa(IpAddr));
            printf("\tTCP[%d] Remote Addr: %s\n", i, szRemoteAddr);

            printf("\tTCP[%d] Remote Port: %d\n", i,
                   ntohs((u_short)pTcpTable->table[i].dwRemotePort));
        }
    } else {
        printf("\tGetTcpTable failed with %d\n", dwRetVal);
        FREE(pTcpTable);
        return 1;
    }

    if (pTcpTable != NULL) {
        FREE(pTcpTable);
        pTcpTable = NULL;
    }    

    return 0;    
}

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header	tcpmib.h (include Iphlpapi.h)