PrlVmDevNet_SetMacAddress Function

Allows to manually set MAC address to a network adapter inside a virtual machine.

Syntax

PRL_RESULT PrlVmDevNet_SetMacAddress(
    PRL_HANDLE hVmDev, 
    PRL_CONST_STR sNewMacAddress
);

File

PrlApi.h

Parameters

hVmDev

A handle of type PHT_VIRTUAL_DEV_NET_ADAPTER identifying the virtual network adapter.

sNewMacAddress

The new MAC address. The specified string must be encoded using UTF-8 and must be terminated with a binary zero character. The MAC address value cannot contain any delimiters. The following is an example of a valid MAC address: "001731EE6FBC".

Returns

PRL_RESULT . Possible values:

PRL_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid handle or null pointer was passed.

PRL_ERR_SUCCESS - function completed successfully.

Remarks

Use this function if you would like to set a specific MAC address to an adapter. To generate an address and to set it to an adapter automatically, use the PrlVmDevNet_GenerateMacAddr function.