Installation Requirements for Network MUX Intermediate Drivers

This topic summarizes the installation requirements for network MUX intermediate drivers. For more information about installation requirements for MUX intermediate drivers, see Installing an Intermediate Driver.

Two INF files are required to install a network MUX intermediate driver :

• Driver protocol ( Class= NetTrans)

• Driver device ( Class= Net)

Protocol INF File for a Network MUX Intermediate Driver

INF File Section	Status	Comments
Version Section	Required	Class= NetTrans ClassGuid= {4D36E975-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
INF SourceDisksNames Section and INF SourceDisksFiles Section	Required if ...	Required if the INF file is not distributed with Windows 2000. If the INF file is distributed with Windows 2000, a LayoutFile entry must be specified in the Version section, and the SourceDisksNames and SourceDisksFiles sections are not used. No network-specific requirements.
INF DestinationDirs Section	Required	No network-specific requirements.
ControlFlags Section	Optional	No network-specific requirements.
INF Manufacturer Section	Required	No network-specific requirements.
Models Section	Required	The hw-id should consist of a provider name followed by an underscore and a manufacturer name or the product name--for example: MS_DLC.
DDInstall Section	Required	Characteristics entry: NCF_HAS_UI is required. The device INF must be copied to the system INF directory, see Copying INFs.
DDInstall.Services Section	Optional	No network-specific requirements.
Add-registry-sections	Required	Creating the Ndi Key Specifying Binding Interfaces UpperRange: noupper LowerRange: ethernet, atm, tokenring, serial, fddi, baseband, broadband, arcnet, isdn, localtalk, wan
	Optional	Setting static parameters for the component Requiring the Installation of Another Network Component Specifying service-related values Adding a HelpText Value Adding Registry Values for a Notify Object
Remove Section	Optional
INF Strings Section	Required	No network-specific requirements.

Device INF File for a Network MUX Intermediate Driver

INF File Section	Status	Comments
Version Section	Required	Class= Net ClassGuid= {4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
ControlFlags Section	Required	This section must contain an ExcludeFromSelect entry for the device.
INF Manufacturer Section	Required	No network-specific requirements.
Models Section	Required	The hw-id should consist of a provider name followed by an underscore and a manufacturer name or the product name--for example: MS_DLC.
DDInstall Section	Required	Characteristics entry: NCF_VIRTUAL is required. NCF_HIDDEN and NCF_NOT_USER_REMOVABLE are optional.
DDInstall.Services Section	Required	No network-specific requirements.
Add-registry-sections	Required	Creating the Ndi Key Specifying service-related values Specifying Binding Interfaces Allowable binding interfaces: UpperRange: ndis5, ndisatm, ndiswan, ndiscowan, noupper, ndis5_atalk, ndis5_dlc, ndis5_ip, ndis5_ipx, ndis5_nbf, ndis5_streams LowerRange: nolower
	Optional	Setting static parameters for the component Requiring the Installation of Another Network Component
INF Strings Section	Required	No network-specific requirements.