Miniport Driver Operations (NDIS 5.1)
Note NDIS 5. x has been deprecated and is superseded by NDIS 6. x. For new NDIS driver development, see Network Drivers Starting with Windows Vista. For information about porting NDIS 5. x drivers to NDIS 6. x, see Porting NDIS 5.x Drivers to NDIS 6.0.
Miniport drivers perform numerous operations. These operations are described in the following topics:
Initializing the NDIS Library and Registering the Miniport Driver
Initializing Network Interface Cards
Responding to Queries and Sets of Miniport Driver Information
Creating, Activating, Deactivating, and Deleting Virtual Connections
Indicating and Transferring Received Data
Resetting a Network Interface Card