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OID_GEN_CO_MEDIA_SUPPORTED

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A complete list of the media types the NIC supports, as a proper subset of the following system-defined values:

NdisMedium802_3
Ethernet (802.3).

NdisMedium802_5
Token Ring (802.5).

NdisMediumFddi
FDDI.

NdisMediumWan
WAN.

NdisMediumLocalTalk
LocalTalk.

NdisMediumDix
DEC/Intel/Xerox (DIX) Ethernet.

NdisMediumArcnetRaw
ARCNET (raw).

NdisMediumArcnet878_2
ARCNET (878.2).

NdisMediumWirelessWan
Various types of NdisWirelessXxx media.

NdisMediumAtm
ATM.

NdisMediumIrda
Reserved for future use on Windows 2000 and later platforms.

Remarks

A LAN-emulation driver for ATM networks declares its medium as NdisMedium802_3 , rather than NdisMediumAtm. Such a driver emulates Ethernet to higher-level NDIS drivers, complies with the ATM Forum's LANE, and provides UNI signaling support.

A wireless-WAN NIC driver must report its medium type as NdisMediumWirelessWan. However, such a miniport driver also must provide NdisWWDIXEthernetFrames header format to any bound protocol that selects this format, and the miniport driver can provide its NIC's native header format as well. To support existing LAN-based protocols, the driver writer can provide an NDIS intermediate driver to "translate" a wireless NIC's native header formats and medium-specific information into a form understood by existing protocols.

If the underlying miniport driver returns NULL for this query or if an experimental media type is used, the driver must indicate receives with NdisMCoIndicateReceivePacket.

Requirements

Version: Windows Vista and later Header: Ntddndis.h (include Ndis.h)