Convert c# code to vb.net

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<StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)> _
Private Structure APCDeviceDescription
    Public [next] As IntPtr
    Public name As IntPtr
    Public description As IntPtr
End Structure
Public Class APCDevice
    
    Public name As String
    Public description As String
End Class 
<DllImport("airpcap.dll")> _
Private Shared Function AirpcapGetDeviceList(ByVal ppDevices As APCDeviceDescription**, ByVal pBuf As Char*) As Integer
End Function 
<DllImport("airpcap.dll")> _
Private Shared Function AirpcapFreeDeviceList(ByVal pDevices As APCDeviceDescription*) As Integer
End Function 
Public Shared Function AirpcapGetDeviceListWrap(ByRef outDevices As APCDevice(), ByRef outErrors As String) As Integer
    Dim devicesToRet As New List(Of APCDevice)()
    Dim pDevices As APCDeviceDescription* = DirectCast(0, APCDeviceDescription*)
    Dim ppDevices As APCDeviceDescription** = AddressOf
    Dim pErrorBuffer As Char* = 
    Dim result As Integer = 0
    Try
        result = AirpcapGetDeviceList(ppDevices, pErrorBuffer)
    Finally
        If result <> 0 Then
            Dim pDevice As APCDeviceDescription* = pDevices
            While pDevice <> DirectCast(0, APCDeviceDescription*)
                Dim newDev As New APCDevice()
                newDev.name = Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi()
                newDev.description = Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi()
                devicesToRet.Add(newDev)
                pDevice = DirectCast(, APCDeviceDescription*)
            End While
            AirpcapFreeDeviceList(pDevices)
            '
            outDevices = devicesToRet.ToArray()
            outErrors = Nothing
        Else
            Dim listChars As New List(Of Char)()
            Dim charFromBuf As Char = pErrorBuffer(0)
            While charFromBuf <> 0
                listChars.Add(charFromBuf)
            End While
            Dim errorsCharArray As Char() = listChars.ToArray()
            '
            outErrors = New String(errorsCharArray)
            outDevices = Nothing
        End If
    End Try
    Return (result)
End Function

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  <DllImport("airpcap.dll")> _
Private Shared Function AirpcapGetDeviceList(ByVal ppDevices As APCDeviceDescription**, ByVal pBuf As Char*) As Integer
    End Function

<DllImport("airpcap.dll")> _
Private Shared Function AirpcapFreeDeviceList(ByVal pDevices As APCDeviceDescription*) As Integer
    End Function

I tihnk your close it doesnt like those asterisks that are used in the c#, I don't even know what those stupid things mean, any thoughts??  

I don't know VB, there some explanations using C#:
APCDeviceDescription val; <-- this is value type object variable declaration;
APCDeviceDescription * pVal; <-- this is declaration of pointer (it points to value with type APCDeviceDescription). Pointer points to your in-process memory.

fixed(pVal = &val) {// do something with pointer}; <-- taking address of variable val and putting it to pointer pVal
(i think in VB '&' operator == 'AddressOf' operator)

Why 'fixed'? Fixed statement means that garbage collection should not move 'val' in memory, so your pointer will always point to real 'val'.

APCDeviceDescription * * pVal; <-- this is declaration of pointer to pointer =). Using pointer to pointer your AirpcapGetDeviceList can put address of pointer (APCDeviceDescription*) to your variable (pointer to pointer variable). =)

so what do the asterisks actually mean??

please tell me where Im wrong now that your on in this other questions

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22981334/dllimport-help-from-c-c-unmanaged-dll-to-managed-c-wrapper.html

I think maybe there is a problem with the struct conversion, the intptr it returns seems like it comes back with a valid reference but something is just not quite there and im sure you can tell me what it is.

if there isn't much of a performance hit ill just not bother converting to vb.net and just reference the c# project in vb.net

The fact you don't think the unsafe code can be converted really makes the other question mega priority!!