Types of NDIS Miniport Drivers (NDIS 5.1)
Note NDIS 5. x has been deprecated and is superseded by NDIS 6. x. For new NDIS driver development, see Network Drivers Starting with Windows Vista. For information about porting NDIS 5. x drivers to NDIS 6. x, see Porting NDIS 5.x Drivers to NDIS 6.0.
NDIS supports basic types of network interface card (NIC) drivers. These NDIS miniport drivers are described in the following topics:
Deserialized NDIS Miniport Drivers
Serialized NDIS Miniport Drivers
Connection-Oriented NDIS Miniport Drivers
NDIS Miniport Drivers with a WDM Lower Edge