Re: ndis minport driver question.

From: "Remi de Gravelaine" <gravelaine at aton dash sys dot fr>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:41:02 +0100

Hi,

A miniport driver does not know about upper-level protocols, such as IP, UDP
or TCP.
Regular (802.3 Ethernet) miniports only send and receive 802.3 packets, with
802.3 headers.
Wireless miniports also use 802.3 headers while communicating with upper
layers.

HTH
Remi

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