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Networking

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Windows support for networking devices under Windows is based on the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS), which includes the following:

  • Power management, Plug and Play, and hardware instrumentation support through Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

  • Mechanisms for off-loading tasks to intelligent hardware and broadcast-media extensions.

  • Connection-oriented NDIS to support wide area network (WAN) media.

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