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// netioapi.h

NETIOAPI_API SetUnicastIpAddressEntry(
  _In_ const MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW *Row
);
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SetUnicastIpAddressEntry function

The SetUnicastIpAddressEntry function sets the properties of an existing unicast IP address entry on a local computer.

Parameters

Return value

SetUnicastIpAddressEntry returns STATUS_SUCCESS if the function succeeds.

If the function fails, SetUnicastIpAddressEntry returns one of the following error codes:

Return code Description
STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER An invalid parameter was passed to the function. This error is returned if a NULL pointer is passed in the Row parameter, the Address member of the MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW structure that the Row parameter points to was not set to a valid unicast IPv4 or IPv6 address, or both InterfaceLuid and InterfaceIndex members of the MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW structure were unspecified.
STATUS_NOT_FOUND The specified interface could not be found. This error is returned if the function cannot find the network interface that is specified by the InterfaceLuid or InterfaceIndex member of the MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW structure that the Row parameter points to.
STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED The request is not supported. This error is returned if no IPv4 stack is located on the local computer and an IPv4 address was specified in the Address member of the MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW structure that the Row parameter points to, or if no IPv6 stack is located on the local computer and an IPv6 address was specified in the Address member.
Other Use the FormatMessage function to obtain the message string for the returned error.

Remarks

The GetUnicastIpAddressEntry function is typically used to retrieve an existing MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW structure entry to be modified. A driver can then change the members in the MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW entry that it wants to modify, and then call the SetUnicastIpAddressEntry function.

A driver can call the InitializeUnicastIpAddressEntry function to initialize the members of a MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW structure entry with default values before making changes. However, the driver typically saves either the InterfaceLuid or InterfaceIndex member before calling InitializeUnicastIpAddressEntry and restores one of these members after the call.

Your driver must initialize the following members of the MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW structure that the Row parameter points to.

If the OnLinkPrefixLength member of the MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW structure that the Row parameter points to is set to 255, SetUnicastIpAddressEntry sets the unicast IP address properties so that the OnLinkPrefixLength member is equal to the length of the IP address. For a unicast IPv4 address, OnLinkPrefixLength is set to 32. For a unicast IPv6 address, OnLinkPrefixLength is set to 128. If these settings would result in the incorrect subnet mask for an IPv4 address or the incorrect link prefix for an IPv6 address, the driver should set this member to the correct value before calling SetUnicastIpAddressEntry.

SetUnicastIpAddressEntry ignores the DadState, ScopeId, and CreationTimeStamp members of the MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW structure that the Row parameter points to. These members are set by the network stack and cannot be changed by using the SetUnicastIpAddressEntry function. The ScopeId member is automatically determined by the interface that the address was added on.

Requirements

Target platform Universal
Version Available in Windows Vista and later versions of the Windows operating systems.
Header Netioapi.h (include Netioapi.h)
Library Netio.lib
IRQL < DISPATCH_LEVEL

See also

CreateUnicastIpAddressEntry

DeleteUnicastIpAddressEntry

GetUnicastIpAddressEntry

GetUnicastIpAddressTable

InitializeUnicastIpAddressEntry

MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_ROW

MIB_UNICASTIPADDRESS_TABLE

NotifyUnicastIpAddressChange