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	NDIS - Network Driver Interface Specification
		Network Driver Interface Specification: Refer to 3COM/Microsoft, LAN Manager: Network Driver Interface Specification, October 8, 1990.
		The NDIS specification is used for all communication with network adapters.
		The specification was developed by Microsoft and 3Com to provide a common programming interface for MAC drivers and transport drivers.
	www.auditmypc.com /acronym/NDIS.asp (463 words)

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		The drivers are linked to form a stack by connecting, or binding, the upper boundary of one driver to the lower boundary of another driver during the binding portion of driver initialization.
		Network packets, or frames, are the data units that are transferred between the MAC and the protocol by the transmit and receive primitives.
		The passing of packet data across the interface between the protocol and MAC is accomplished, whenever possible, by exchanging pointers to buffers or to a descriptor that, in turn, points to several data buffers.
	www.doofus.org /OS2DD/ndis_con.txt (5556 words)

	Embedded Systems Design - Embedded.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The interface provides a protocol manager that accepts requests from the transport layer and activates the network adapter.
		Network adapters with compliant network drivers can be freely interchanged.
		The interface allows multiple transport protocols to be used with one network adapter.
	www.embedded.com /encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=networkdriverinterface (261 words)

	Network Driver Interface Specification version 2.0.1
		This specification may be copied freely for that purpose as long as copyright notice is preserved on all copies of the specification.
		Drivers written to the interfaces defined here will function concurrently in a system with other networking and protocol drivers, and will operate correctly with the LAN Manager software for DOS and OS/2.
		MAC drivers are device drivers that are loaded during system initialization and remain permanently in memory.
	www.doofus.org /OS2DD/ndis201.html (14994 words)

	Computer and Networking Hardware Dictionary - N
		Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a data storage mechanism that uses special devices connected directly to the network media.
		Network Processors are typically software programmable devices and would have generic characteristics simliar to general purpose CPUs that are commonly used in may different types of equipment and products.
		Network Processor (NPU), similar to a microprocessor or CPU, is specially deisgned for use in applications involving network routing and packet processing.
	www.networkdictionary.com /hardware/n.php (1702 words)

	WinPcap: NPF driver internals manual (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) is a standard that defines the communication between a network adapter (or, better, the driver that manages it) and the protocol drivers (that implement for example TCP/IP).
		The NIC drivers interface directly to the hardware at their lower edge and at their upper edge present an interface to allow upper layers to send packets on the network, to handle interrupts, to reset the NIC, to halt the NIC and to query and set the operational characteristics of the driver.
		A typical reason for developing an intermediate driver is to perform media translation between an existing legacy protocol driver and a miniport that manages a NIC for a new media type unknown to the protocol driver.
	www.winpcap.org /docs/docs31/html/group__NPF.html (2065 words)

	Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) in Microsoft Windows CE 3.0
		All interactions between a NIC driver and protocol drivers, a NIC driver and the operating system, and a NIC driver and the network adapters that it controls are through calls to NDIS functions.
		The NIC drivers interface through NDIS to the hardware at the lower edge and to upper layers at the upper edge to send packets, indicate received packets, reset the NIC, halt the NIC, and to query or set the operation characteristics of the driver.
		Although the Driver Library is still in the planning stages and the implementation details are not finalized, it will most probably consist of Windows CE Driver software that has been verified and/or tested for the Windows CE operating system by the Microsoft WHQL program.
	msdn2.microsoft.com /en-us/library/ms834435.aspx (4721 words)

	CSWL : Ethernet Network Interface Card : Network Device Interface Specification Driver
		A Network Interface Card (NIC) is a physical device that acts as a gateway through which data frames are transmitted and received by any machine in a network.
		The main reason for using an intermediate protocol driver is for media translation between an existing transport driver and the miniport managing new media type unknown to the transport driver.
		All drivers that are written under Windows NT must have a DriverEntry function that acts as an entry point to the driver.
	www.cswl.com /whitepapers/ethernet-network.html (3512 words)

	Glossary... N - Free Computer Science Tutorials - Provided by Laynetworks.com
		The network address is generally hard-coded into the network card on both the workstation and server.
		A nodal parameter that requires the values of the parameter for all nodes along a given path to be combined to determine whether the path is acceptable and/or desirable for carrying a given connection.
		Network Parameter Control is defined as the set of actions taken by the network to monitor and control traffic from the NNI.
	www.laynetworks.com /glossary/n.htm (2456 words)

	OSUP1022
		This short description of both the standard NDIS drivers included with Windows and/or a manufactures network adapters, and the modified NDIS drivers included with Observer is meant to provide a background for making a driver and card decision.
		Network Instruments has worked with a number of NIC vendors and chip manufacturers to extend the standard NDIS drivers to both collect statistics on the aggregate errors on a LAN segment, but also to move the actual error packet information up the NDIS stack for further examination by Observer’s error displays.
		This dual functionality is achieved because the Network Instruments ErrorTrak™ NDIS driver is a highly optimized NDIS driver with the addition of a module to collect and process error packets – these drivers have all the functionality of a standard NDIS driver, plus the ability to pass error packets to Observer.
	www.networkinstruments.com /support/osup1022.html (1244 words)

	Installing Drivers
		Driver interfaces allow multiple protocol stacks to use one network interface card.
		Allows multiple drivers to be used on one card and lets one protocol use multiple cards.
		This is a standard for passing messages between the drivers at the data link layer and the protocols working at the network layer such as IP or NetBEUI.
	www.comptechdoc.org /independent/networking/guide/netdrivers.html (159 words)

	NDIS: Network Driver Interface Specification
		Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) is a standard API of LAN drivers for "Network Interface Cards" (NIC's) developed by Microsoft.
		NDIS also provides a library of functions (sometimes called a "wrapper") abstracting the network hardware from network drivers, that can be used by MAC drivers as well as higher level protocol drivers (such as TCP/IP).
		NDIS also maintains state information and parameters for network drivers, including pointers to functions, handles, and parameter blocks for linkage, and other system values.
	www.networkdictionary.com /networking/ndis.php (192 words)

	38. Network Interface Cards (cont'd) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Network Interface Card Drivers are the software interface between the Network Card Hardware/Firmware and the Network Operating System Data Link layer.
		Regardless of the Network Driver type used, all have a network device driver loaded into memory during boot up and a network protocol bound to the network card.
		The purpose of the Network Drivers is to decouple the network adapter's device driver from the higher layer protocols.
	www.techbooksforfree.com /intro_to_data_com/page146.html (249 words)

	OPENING THE DOOR TO ISDN
		It has a U interface, so an NT1 is not required; consequently, Impact is the only one of these products that can be used with a variety of computers, including a PC, Macintosh or any other with a serial interface.
		The specifications for this board stated that it is limited to 57.6K bit/sec, even though it has a 16550 UART.
		The driver is loaded as terminate and stay resident (TSR) and leaves only about 570K bytes of DOS memory available after it is loaded.
	www.networkworld.com /archive/1995/95-04-03open.html (3116 words)

	PCAUSA - NDIS Frequently Asked Questions List
		The writer of a "legacy" driver is free to use whatever functionality is available to develop a device driver.
		A writer of a "miniport" driver is required to use a specific set of functions and other rules, dependent on the type of driver being developed.
		The driver functions to be performed for each adapter are identical; it is only the adapter "context", including it's hardware resources and instance-specific data, that is different.
	www.pcausa.com /resources/ndisfaq.htm (2078 words)

	TCP Header Checksums Shown as Invalid in Network Monitor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This behavior occurs because some Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) drivers allow Windows to offload the computation of checksums to the network adapter itself.
		Network Monitor installs its filter driver between the NDIS driver for the network adapter and the TCP/IP stack.
		This results in captures of packets that are sent from the TCP/IP stack to the network driver being shown as having invalid checksums because they have not been calculated yet.
	support.microsoft.com /kb/243294 (245 words)

	Network Driver Interface Specification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Network Driver Interface Specification ('''NDIS''') is an application programming interface (API) for Network Interface cards (NICs).
		It was jointly developed by Microsoft and 3Com Corporation, and is mostly used in Microsoft Windows on Intel-based computers, but the open-source ndiswrapper project allows many NDIS-compliant NICs to be used with Linux.
		Another common LLC is the Open Data-Link Interface (ODI).
	network-driver-interface-specification.borgfind.com (185 words)

	Network Driver Interface Specification
		The Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) is a specification for network driver architecture that allows transport protocols such as TCP/IP, Native ATM, IPX, and NetBEUI to communicate with an underlying network adapter or other hardware device.
		NDIS permits the high-level protocol components to be independent of the network adapter by providing a standard interface to the network protocols.
		Because Windows 2000 network architecture supports NDIS, it requires that network adapter drivers be written to the NDIS specification.
	www.microsoft.com /technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/cnet/cnad_arc_VEPI.mspx (389 words)

	Setting Up Network Interface Cards
		Unfortunately, there are still many vendors that do not provide schematics for their drivers to the open source community because they regard such information as trade secrets.
		FreeBSD uses the driver name followed by the order in which one the card is detected at the kernel boot to name the network card.
		Check the network card and the motherboard documentation to determine if that may be the problem.
	www.freebsd.org /doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html (1531 words)

	NT transport driver interface, NT network driver interface specification, Interprocess Communications Mechanisms
		The TDI (Transport Driver Interface) and NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification from 3COM and Microsoft, ODI is from Novell) 4.0 Boundary layers modularise the NT network architecture to make life easier for the programmers.
		The TDI allows the networking components to be independent to save having to restart the whole network subsystem when there is a change.
		Because different vendors use different interfaces for communicating with their redirector, there are a number of Provider DLLs that reveal a standard interface for the MPR so that the MPR can communicate with the relevant Redirector.
	www.rhyshaden.com /nt_net.htm (672 words)

	Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) miniport driver - The CD Forum
		A miniport driver communicates with its network adapter and with higher-level drivers through the NDIS library, which abstracts the network hardware from network drivers.
		NDIS also specifies a standard interface between layered network drivers, abstracting lower-level drivers that manage hardware from upper-level drivers such as network transports.
		NDIS also maintains state information and parameters for network drivers.
	www.911cd.net /forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=16926&view=findpost&p=111945 (437 words)

	ODINSUP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		ODINSUP allows you to connect to dissimilar networks from your workstation and use them as if they were one network.
		The NDIS protocol stack acts as though it is communicating with the network through an NDIS 2.0 MAC driver, and isn't aware of the ODINSUP protocol stack.
		The details of the packet's transmission are handled by the MLID, which is the ODI driver.
	www.novell.com /documentation/lg/nw4/cncptenu/data/hti7agel.html (283 words)

	Industry's First EV-DO PC Card Approval For Network Driver Interface
		As the first EV-DO Card to offer a network interface, the Merlin V620 now provides users with an easier and more convenient high-speed connectivity experience.
		Network adapters provide an automatic, instantaneous connection once a computer is loaded, removing any need for manual set-up.
		In addition, network interfaces leverage an intelligent power consumption configuration, enabling the device to go into standby mode when the computer is not being used and drawing only minimal power.
	www.3g.co.uk /PR/June2005/1663.htm (539 words)

	NdisWrapper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Some vendors do not release specifications of the hardware or provide a Linux driver for their wireless network cards.
		A Windows driver for wireless network card is then linked to this implementation so that the driver runs natively, as though it is in Windows, without binary emulation.
		Although ndiswrapper is intended for wireless network cards, other devices are known to work: e.g., USB to serial port device, ethernet card, home phone network device etc. See Wiki entry List for devices known to work.
	ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net (374 words)

	Linuxant - DriverLoader for Wireless LAN devices - Introduction
		We have attempted to reduce the inconvenience of binary-only drivers by separating the proprietary code from the operating-system specific code.
		The latter is provided in source form, allowing users to install the drivers under any supported version (2.4 or later) of the Linux kernel.
		Access to the Windows XP drivers provided by your vendor (available from their website or on the CDROM which might have accompanied the product) is required to operate a device with DriverLoader.
	www.linuxant.com /driverloader (504 words)

	NDIS Developer's Reference
		NDIS is short for the "Network Driver Interface Specification".
		The primary purpose of NDIS is to define a standard API for "Network Interface Cards" (NIC's).
		NDIS also provides a library of functions (sometimes called a "wrapper") that can be used by MAC drivers as well as higher level protocol drivers (such as TCP/IP).
	www.ndis.com (208 words)

	NWC \| Sneak Preview \| Infrastructure \| All Aboard The NIC Express \| \| November 1, 2002
		To test failover capabilities, I set up a more complex network and started with the unplug test.
		Being able to detect logical network breaks is one of the product's distinguishing features.
		NIC Express's centralized and remote management lets you access all your servers, see a status report on the network adapters and view statistics--in all, a good deal.
	www.networkcomputing.com /1323/1323sp3.html (726 words)

	kbAlertz: (279356) - The checked build of the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) driver in Windows ME ...
		The checked build of the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) driver in Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition contains debugging options that you can enable in the registry to produce additional kernel debug output.
		Install the Windows Millennium Edition kernel debugger according to the instructions in the Driver Development Kit (DDK).
		Specifically, the list in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article, which describes NDIS debugging for Microsoft Windows 98:
	www.kbalertz.com /kb_279356.aspx (752 words)

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