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Networking in a DOS window (Users)

posted by marcov, 01.01.2010, 22:40

> > For Windows 9x I'm only aware of the ndis3pkt demo from
> Excuse me, but I find this somewhat confusing: Is a
> ndis_____ driver a packet driver ? If yes, shouldn´t it be
> a DOS packet driver ?

NDIS is afaik a way to make the hardware dependant part of network drivers (for various OSes) smaller.

IOW it is more or less an interface between lower and higher parts of the network driver, so that the higher level parts can be easilier recycled more or less for several cards.

Complete thread:

• Networking in a DOS window - jassenna, 30.12.2009, 03:42 (Users)
  • Networking in a DOS window - rr, 30.12.2009, 09:56
    • Networking in a DOS window - jassenna, 01.01.2010, 22:27
      • Networking in a DOS window - marcov, 01.01.2010, 22:40
      • Networking in a DOS window - rr, 02.01.2010, 00:35
    • Networking in a DOS window - aleksej, 02.01.2010, 22:33