RE: Ping works but 2c_CheckConnections fail on wireless lan setup.

From: Bryan S. Burgin [MSFT] (bburgin_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 01:05:23 GMT

Contents of 1st NdisBuffer:
   0x0,0x32,0x0,0x0,0x3c,0x2d
   0x1e,0xf,0x0,0x1,0x0,0x0
   0x7,0x0

Looks like the first buffer is the 14-byte 802.3 Ethernet header, with the
frame type being 0x0700.

In Windows XP, all 802.11 adapters expose a 802.3 Ethernet frame on its
upper edge. You wireless miniport would have to translate this 802.3
header to an 802.11 header. The translated buffer should also "go into the
air" as an 802.11 header.

Bryan S. Burgin
bburgin@online.microsoft.com

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