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I'm on Win7 and Qt and I need to track local network interfaces. The problem is - some of them don't have IP layer but I want to know if they are connected or not.
I've tried




QNetworkInterface::allInterfaces() from Qt




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GetInterfaceInfo() from iphlpapi.h




But both work only for interfaces with IP assigned. Duh.
I've also tried




pcap library




But pcap_if_t has no fields to track connection status, only MAC and others.
I feel stuck between two layers and don't know how to handle this.
I suppose there is a way with WMI query but it seems to be an overkill.










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  • What do you mean by "connected"? Do you mean physically present on your local machine? That sounds like something for device manager functions.
    – o_weisman
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  • Look at the Win32 GetAdaptersInfo() or GetAdaptersAddresses() function. They will give you detailed information and statuses of every installed network adapter.
    – Remy Lebeau
    Nov 7 at 19:37

















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I'm on Win7 and Qt and I need to track local network interfaces. The problem is - some of them don't have IP layer but I want to know if they are connected or not.
I've tried




QNetworkInterface::allInterfaces() from Qt




and




GetInterfaceInfo() from iphlpapi.h




But both work only for interfaces with IP assigned. Duh.
I've also tried




pcap library




But pcap_if_t has no fields to track connection status, only MAC and others.
I feel stuck between two layers and don't know how to handle this.
I suppose there is a way with WMI query but it seems to be an overkill.










share|improve this question






















  • What do you mean by "connected"? Do you mean physically present on your local machine? That sounds like something for device manager functions.
    – o_weisman
    Nov 7 at 12:10










  • Look at the Win32 GetAdaptersInfo() or GetAdaptersAddresses() function. They will give you detailed information and statuses of every installed network adapter.
    – Remy Lebeau
    Nov 7 at 19:37















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I'm on Win7 and Qt and I need to track local network interfaces. The problem is - some of them don't have IP layer but I want to know if they are connected or not.
I've tried




QNetworkInterface::allInterfaces() from Qt




and




GetInterfaceInfo() from iphlpapi.h




But both work only for interfaces with IP assigned. Duh.
I've also tried




pcap library




But pcap_if_t has no fields to track connection status, only MAC and others.
I feel stuck between two layers and don't know how to handle this.
I suppose there is a way with WMI query but it seems to be an overkill.










share|improve this question













I'm on Win7 and Qt and I need to track local network interfaces. The problem is - some of them don't have IP layer but I want to know if they are connected or not.
I've tried




QNetworkInterface::allInterfaces() from Qt




and




GetInterfaceInfo() from iphlpapi.h




But both work only for interfaces with IP assigned. Duh.
I've also tried




pcap library




But pcap_if_t has no fields to track connection status, only MAC and others.
I feel stuck between two layers and don't know how to handle this.
I suppose there is a way with WMI query but it seems to be an overkill.







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  • What do you mean by "connected"? Do you mean physically present on your local machine? That sounds like something for device manager functions.
    – o_weisman
    Nov 7 at 12:10










  • Look at the Win32 GetAdaptersInfo() or GetAdaptersAddresses() function. They will give you detailed information and statuses of every installed network adapter.
    – Remy Lebeau
    Nov 7 at 19:37




















  • What do you mean by "connected"? Do you mean physically present on your local machine? That sounds like something for device manager functions.
    – o_weisman
    Nov 7 at 12:10










  • Look at the Win32 GetAdaptersInfo() or GetAdaptersAddresses() function. They will give you detailed information and statuses of every installed network adapter.
    – Remy Lebeau
    Nov 7 at 19:37


















What do you mean by "connected"? Do you mean physically present on your local machine? That sounds like something for device manager functions.
– o_weisman
Nov 7 at 12:10




What do you mean by "connected"? Do you mean physically present on your local machine? That sounds like something for device manager functions.
– o_weisman
Nov 7 at 12:10












Look at the Win32 GetAdaptersInfo() or GetAdaptersAddresses() function. They will give you detailed information and statuses of every installed network adapter.
– Remy Lebeau
Nov 7 at 19:37






Look at the Win32 GetAdaptersInfo() or GetAdaptersAddresses() function. They will give you detailed information and statuses of every installed network adapter.
– Remy Lebeau
Nov 7 at 19:37














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