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I’m writing a SIP stack, and I need to insert an ip address in the message. This address needs to be the one used for sending the message. I know the destination IP and need to determine the NIC (its address) that will be used to send the message….
To expand a bit on Remy Lebeau’s comment, GetBestInterfaceEx() is your best bet, if you’re on Windows XP or newer. That will work for both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
GetBestInterface/GetBestInterfaceEx return the index (call it IDX) of the most appropriate interface to use to contact some address.
Then you can map that index into a local IP address by getting your interface<->IP address mapping using GetIpAddrTable or GetAdaptersAddresses if you’re dual-stacking (supporting both IPv6 and IPv4).
Iterate over that table and find the interface with the dwIndex (or IfIndex, in the case of GetAdaptersAddresses) matching IDX.