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B7.0 Network Devices

B7.1 General Network

B7.1.1 General Network - Windows Compatibility

B7.1.1.1 NDIS 5.0 miniport driver model: "Network Devices and Protocols" in the Windows DDK

B7.1.1.2 Drivers for connection-oriented media: ”Connection-Oriented NDIS" in the Windows DDK

B7.1.1.3 Windows compatibility and implementation notes (general)

B7.1.1.4 Windows XP/Windows Whistler Server/Windows 2000/Windows Me: Windows 2000 network INF format

"Creating Network INF Files" in the Windows DDK; see also http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/devdes/netinf.htm.

B7.1.1.5 Driver works correctly with Microsoft network clients and protocols

B7.1.2 General Network - Industry Standards

B7.1.2.1 Network Device Class Power Management Reference Specification, V. 2.0

B7.1.2.2 Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) 1.0 specification or later

B7.1.2.3 PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, Revision 1.1 or later

B7.1.2.4 USB Communications Class Device 1.1 or later

B7.1.3 General Network - Quality

B7.1.3.1 Pass WHQL tests

B7.1.3.2 - B7.1.3.5 SEE B7.1.4.1

B7.1.3.6 SEE B7.1.4.10

B7.1.4 General Network - Windows Experiences

B7.1.4.1 Basic device and driver requirements

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  UI and strings are correct, and Help files exist and are correct for network device installed.
  
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  Adapter automatically senses presence of functional network connection. [NET-0246; SDG3:81]
  
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  Adapter automatically senses transceiver type. [NET-0247;SDG3:82]
  
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  Adapter can transmit packets from buffers aligned on any boundary. [NET-0248; SDG3:83]
  
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  Adapter communicates with driver across any bridge. [NET-0249; SDG3:84]
  
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  Windows Me/Windows XP: Adapter supports filtering for at least 32 multicast addresses. [NET-0254]
  

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  Adapter and driver support promiscuous mode. [NET-0255; SDG3:96]
  

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  Driver makes only NDIS library calls or WDM system calls. [NET–0292; SDG3:78.5]
  
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  PCI network adapters are bus masters. [NET-0251; SDG3:87]
  

B7.1.4.2 Any included diagnostics or utilities work and can be accessed from the NCP Advanced Properties page

B7.1.4.3 ATM network devices

B7.1.4.4 Features such as WOL and D0-D3 power states are available and device correctly wakes from D3cold

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  Bus-powered USB devices.
  
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  Multifunction, broadband (such as cable modems), LAN emulation, Wireless LAN, or Server LAN (such as multiport, FDDI, or Gigabit Ethernet) devices.
  
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  Windows 98/Me: PC Card and CardBus devices; WOL Pattern Match capabilities.
  
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  Windows XP/Windows 2000: PC Card and CardBus devices.
  

B7.1.4.5 Remote boot and remote install options for connection-less LAN devices on PCI bus

This is not a requirement for CardBus adapters or for Mini-PCI adapters that are not sold as a part of or with a PC system.

B7.1.4.6 Windows XP/Windows Me: HomePNA technology, if implemented, complies with HomePNA 1.0 or later, with NDIS 5.0 miniport driver

B7.1.4.7 Infrared device supports both fast IR and serial IR, and unattended driver installation requirements

B7.1.4.8 Full-duplex adapter automatically detects and switches to full duplex mode

B7.1.4.9 Plug and Play capabilities support multiple adapters; all resource settings are reported in the UI

B7.1.4.10 Wireless networking requirements

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  Media adapter drivers support wireless extensions to NDIS.
  
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  IEEE 802.11 wireless networking adapters support 11 Mb/s signaling using Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum.
  
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  Windows XP: Bluetooth Host Controllers (HCI) — Windows uses Bluetooth Wireless technology as a wireless local bus and cable replacement. Therefore, Bluetooth HCI (radios with PC interface) do not need NDIS miniports. Requirements for Bluetooth HCI are listed in B2.3.4.5.
  
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  Network adapter and driver supports priority for IEEE 802-style networks. [NET–0257; SDG3:98]
  

B7.1.4.11 External networking devices support standard control interfaces as applicable

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  All external USB networking devices support USB Communications Class Device 1.1. [NET-0288; SDG3:88]
  
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  Intermediate NDIS 5.0 miniport driver provided adapters that connects using IEEE 1394 or USB buses. [NET–0246; SDG3:78.3]
  

B7.1.4.12 Windows Whistler Server: Additional adapter and driver support

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  NDIS 5.0 miniport driver supports high-performance send and receive calls. [SDG3:79]
  
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  Network adapter supports configuration capabilities and registry settings for performance tuning. [SDG3:85]
  
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  PCI network adapter properly supports higher-level PCI commands. [SDG3:86]
  
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  If the network device is for connection-oriented media, it must meet connection-oriented miniport driver and call manager driver requirements. [SDG3:78.2]
  

B7.1.5 General Network - FAQs

B7.1.5.1 Current Network Device FAQs

B7.1.5.2 NDIS status codes and indication mechanisms

B7.1.5.3 PCI network adapters for large-memory systems support the PCI DAC

Requirements for PCI adapters to support the PCI DAC command are defined in A1.1.6. For network devices, at a minimum this includes adapters implemented in or designed as high-speed network adapters -- Gb Ethernet and Gb+, ATM, and FDDI -- for systems that support more than 4 GB of system memory. The exceptions to this requirement are 10/100 Ethernet adapters and embedded 10/100 Ethernet devices.

See "Large Memory Enabled Device Driver Hardware and Software Requirements" in the Windows DDK; design guidelines are summarized at http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/newPC/PAEdrv.htm

Requirements for systems that implement support for WinSock Direct (WSD) are now defined at A6.4.8. [For design guidelines, see SDG3:67]

B7.1.R General Network - Future Requirements

B7.1.R.1 All external IEEE 1394 network adapters must support Remote NDIS over SBP-2

B7.1.R.2 NDIS 5.0 miniport driver is deserialized