Opening an Adapter Underlying an Intermediate Driver (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 x has been deprecated and is superseded by NDIS 6.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.
Opening an adapter underlying an intermediate driver is the same as opening an underlying adapter in a protocol driver. For more information about opening an underlying adapter in an intermediate driver, see Opening an Adapter Underlying a Protocol Driver.