Detect PPPoE Broadband Connection - restated

From: Mark Holiday (mholiday_at_nycap.NO-SPAM.rr.com)
Date: 03/03/04 

Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 08:56:51 GMT

Here is the problem restated for these newsgroups:

I need to detect that a user has an active PPPoE connection
for Broadband, such as would be the case for a DSL connection.

For example, under Network Connection applet:

Type: "LAN or High-Speed Internet"
Device Name: <Name of PHYSICAL adapter in system>

Type: "Broadband"
Device Name: "WAN Minport (PPPOE)"

How can I reliably *programatically* - e.g. Win32 API - detect
that the "broadband device" is active? It does NOT seem to appear
in the system the same as a "physical" network adapter, such as
a good ol' wired NIC.

(Thread started in NG microsoft.public.win32.programmer.networks)

Thanks,
Mark

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