Difference between NDIS2.0,3.0,4.0 & 5.0?

Hi ALL,

Can anyone let me know the difference between all the 5-versions of NDIS,like where exactly i get difference between all these NDIS2.0,NDIS3.0,NDIS4.0 & NDIS5.0?

any suggestion is helpful.

Regards,
Vishwanath M.

Microsoft has stopped support for NDIS 3.0 and below in Windows XP
(Whistler). Meaning you can't load drivers compatible with NDIS 3.0 in XP.

So far technical differences in NDIS_XXX_CHARS between these versions refer
to DDK documentation ... they have come out with new handler functions ...

-----Original Message-----
From: vishwanath [mailto:xxxxx@deccanetdesignstele.com]
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Subject: [ntdev] Difference between NDIS2.0,3.0,4.0 & 5.0?

Hi ALL,

Can anyone let me know the difference between all the 5-versions of
NDIS,like where exactly i get difference between all these
NDIS2.0,NDIS3.0,NDIS4.0 & NDIS5.0?

any suggestion is helpful.

Regards,
Vishwanath M.

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Search the MSDN for the topic "NDIS Versions". Here is the one I found that should interest you:

Good luck,

Thomas F. Divine

PCAUSA - Tools & Resources For Network Software Developers
NDIS Protocol/Intermediate/Hooking - TDI Client/Filter
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"vishwanath" wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev...
Hi ALL,

Can anyone let me know the difference between all the 5-versions of NDIS,like where exactly i get difference between all these NDIS2.0,NDIS3.0,NDIS4.0 & NDIS5.0?

any suggestion is helpful.

Regards,
Vishwanath M.</http:></http:>

Interesting matrix, but what does dropped support for “Full Mac Drivers” mean for XP?
“Thomas F. Divine” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
Search the MSDN for the topic “NDIS Versions”. Here is the one I found that should interest you:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/network/hh/network/103prog_4qjr.asp

Good luck,

Thomas F. Divine

PCAUSA - Tools & Resources For Network Software Developers
NDIS Protocol/Intermediate/Hooking - TDI Client/Filter
http: - http:

“vishwanath” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
Hi ALL,

Can anyone let me know the difference between all the 5-versions of NDIS,like where exactly i get difference between all these NDIS2.0,NDIS3.0,NDIS4.0 & NDIS5.0?

any suggestion is helpful.

Regards,
Vishwanath M.</http:></http:>

"Full MAC" drivers were NDIS 3.0 MAC drivers (i.e., "not miniport") that used NT-specific kernel APIs. These are were supported on Windows NT and are NOT supported on XP.

Good luck,

Thomas F. Divine

PCAUSA - Tools & Resources For Network Software Developers
NDIS Protocol/Intermediate/Hooking - TDI Client/Filter
http: - http:

"Del Fredricks" wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev...
Interesting matrix, but what does dropped support for "Full Mac Drivers" mean for XP?
"Thomas F. Divine" wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev...
Search the MSDN for the topic "NDIS Versions". Here is the one I found that should interest you:

Technical documentation | Microsoft Learn

Good luck,
--
Thomas F. Divine

PCAUSA - Tools & Resources For Network Software Developers
NDIS Protocol/Intermediate/Hooking - TDI Client/Filter
http: - http:

"vishwanath" wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev...
Hi ALL,

Can anyone let me know the difference between all the 5-versions of NDIS,like where exactly i get difference between all these NDIS2.0,NDIS3.0,NDIS4.0 & NDIS5.0?

any suggestion is helpful.

Regards,
Vishwanath M.</http:></http:></http:></http:>

Older kind of NIC drivers which do all synchronization and all protocol binding databases themselves instead of relying on NDIS.SYS.
Obsoleted in NT4, support dropped in XP.

Max

“Del Fredricks” wrote in message news:LYRIS-542-54624-2002.05.28-11.47.35–maxim#xxxxx@lists.osr.com…
Interesting matrix, but what does dropped support for “Full Mac Drivers” mean for XP?
“Thomas F. Divine” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
Search the MSDN for the topic “NDIS Versions”. Here is the one I found that should interest you:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/network/hh/network/103prog_4qjr.asp

Good luck,

Thomas F. Divine

PCAUSA - Tools & Resources For Network Software Developers
NDIS Protocol/Intermediate/Hooking - TDI Client/Filter
http: - http:

“vishwanath” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
Hi ALL,

Can anyone let me know the difference between all the 5-versions of NDIS,like where exactly i get difference between all these NDIS2.0,NDIS3.0,NDIS4.0 & NDIS5.0?

any suggestion is helpful.

Regards,
Vishwanath M.

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