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Appendix B:
NetBIOS over TCP/IP Configuration Parameters
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Microsoft networking protocols use the Network Device Interface Specification (NDIS) to communicate with network card drivers. Much of the OSI model link layer functionality is implemented in the protocol stack. This makes development of network card drivers much simpler.
Network Driver Interface Specification (3.1 through 5.1)
NDIS 3.1 supports basic services that allow a protocol module to send raw packets over a network device and allow that same module to be notified of incoming packets received by a network device.
NDIS 4.0 added the following new features to NDIS 3.1:
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Out-of-band data support (required for Broadcast PC)
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WirelessWAN Media Extension
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High-speed packet send and receive (a significant performance win)
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Fast IrDA Media Extension
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Media Sense (required for the Designed for Windows logo in PC 97 and later Hardware Design Guide). The Windows Server 2003 TCP/IP stack utilizes media sense information, which is described in the “Automatic Client Configuration” section of this paper.
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All local packet filter (prevents Network Monitor from monopolizing the CPU)
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Numerous new NDIS system functions (required for miniport binary compatibility across Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003)
NDIS 5.0 includes all functionality defined in NDIS 4.0, plus the following extensions:
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NDIS power management (required for Network Power Management and Network Wake-up)
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Plug and Play
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Support for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), which provides Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM)–compatible instrumentation of NDIS miniports and their associated adapters
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Support for a single INF format across Windows operating systems. The INF format is based on the Windows 98 INF format.
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Deserialized miniport for improved performance
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Task offload mechanisms, such as TCP and UDP checksum and Fast Packet Forwarding
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TCP segmentation offload, also known as large-send offload (LSO)
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Broadcast Media Extension (needed for Broadcast Services for Windows)
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Connection-oriented NDIS (required to support Asynchronous Transfer Mode [ATM], Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line [ADSL], and Windows Driver Model–Connection Streaming Architecture [WDM-CSA])
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Support for Quality of Service (QoS)
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Intermediate Driver Support (required for Broadcast PC, Virtual LANs, Packet Scheduling for QoS, and NDIS support of IEEE 1394 network devices)
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