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This function retrieves the Internet Protocol (IP) statistics for the current computer. This function differs from the GetIpStatisticsfunction in that this function also supports the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) protocol family.

Syntax 

DWORD GetIpStatisticsEx(
  PMIB_IPSTATS 
pStats,
  DWORD 
dwFamily
);

Parameters

pStats

[out] Pointer to a MIB_IPSTATSstructure containing the IP statistics for the local computer.

dwFamily

[in] The protocol family for which to retrieve statistics. The following table shows the possible values for this parameter.

Value Description

AF_INET

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4).

AF_INET6

Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).

Return Value

Returns NO_ERROR if successful. If the function fails, it returns an error code. For a complete list of error codes, see Error Valuesor the SDK header file Winerror.h.

Requirements

Header iphlpapi.h
Library Iphlpapi.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 3.1 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also