NDIS The Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) component provides the run time environment (APIs, execution context) used by all network device (NIC) drivers, as well as by network protocols (e.g. TCP/IP). NIC drivers and network drivers use NDIS APIs to interact with each other. NDIS also supports a mechanism for administering network protocols by using NetConfig.

Configuring the Component

There are no configuration requirements for this component.

Design Issues

  • NDIS is a base component required for any type of network functionality.
  • NDIS must be started before any other network driver starts.
  • ]]> %12% ndis.sys 0 False NDIS Driver Runtime environment for network protocols and device drivers. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NDIS Start 0 4 1 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NDIS Type 1 4 1 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NDIS 1 1 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NDIS\MediaTypes 1 1 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NDIS\Parameters 1 1 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NDIS DisplayName NDIS System Driver 1 1 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NDIS ErrorControl 1 4 1 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NDIS Group NDIS Wrapper 1 1 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NDIS\Parameters ProcessorAffinityMask -1 4 1 1 Ndis 1.0 NDIS Runtime environment for network protocols and device drivers. 2000 Microsoft Corp. Microsoft Corp. arvindm;alid arvindm 4/17/2000 8/11/2001 4:11:24 AM