Network Driver Environments (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 x has been deprecated and is superseded by NDIS 6.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.
This section describes the network environments used with Microsoft Windows 2000 and later operating systems for kernel-mode drivers including connectionless drivers, connection-oriented drivers, and WAN drivers. These network environments are described in the following topics:
Connectionless Environment for Network Drivers
Connection-Oriented Environment for Network Drivers
Environment for WAN Network Drivers