NDIS Structures
The following table shows the NDIS structures with a description of the purpose of each.
| Programming element | Description |
|---|---|
| MediaSpecificInformation | This structure contains information about the characteristics of the network hardware bound to a protocol. |
| NDIS_802_11_BSSID_LIST | The NDIS_802_11_BSSID_LIST structure is used by OID_802_11_BSSID_LIST to request that a miniport driver return a list containing all basic service set identifiers (BSSIDs) and their attributes, as listed in the 802.11 NIC database. |
| NDIS_802_11_CONFIGURATION | OID_802_11_CONFIGURATION uses an NDIS_802_11_CONFIGURATION structure to describe the configuration of a radio. |
| NDIS_802_11_CONFIGURATION_FH | NDIS_802_11_CONFIGURATION_FH specifies the frequency-hopping configuration for an NDIS_802_11_CONFIGURATION structure. |
| NDIS_802_11_NETWORK_TYPE_LIST | OID_802_11_NETWORK_TYPES_SUPPORTED uses the NDIS_802_11_NETWORK_TYPE_LIST structure to request that the miniport driver return an array of all physical layer network subtypes that the 802.11 NIC and the driver support. |
| NDIS_802_11_SSID | OID_802_11_SSID uses this structure when it requests a miniport driver to set or return the NIC service set identifier (SSID) value. |
| NDIS_802_11_STATISTICS | This structure describes statistics for the 802_11 interface. |
| NDIS_802_11_WEP | This structure describes the key index used by a wired equivalent privacy (WEP) algorithm. |
| NDIS_CONFIGURATION_PARAMETER | This structure describes the configuration parameters for a NIC. |
| NDIS_ENCAPSULATION_FORMAT | The NDIS_ENCAPSULATION_FORMAT structure used for the EncapsulationFormat member of the NDIS_TASK_OFFLOAD_HEADER structure. |
| NDIS_MAC_FRAGMENT | NDIS_MAC_FRAGMENT contains information associated with a fragment indication made by a WAN NIC miniport. |
| NDIS_MAC_LINE_DOWN | This structure contains information associated with a line-down indication made by a wide area network (WAN) network interface card (NIC) miniport. |
| NDIS_MAC_LINE_UP | This structure contains information associated with a line-up indication made by a wide area network (WAN) network interface card (NIC) miniport. |
| NDIS_MINIPORT_CHARACTERISTICS | NdisIMRegisterLayeredMiniport uses this structure when it registers a driver's miniport entry points and name with the NDIS library. |
| NDIS_PACKET | This structure contains chained buffer descriptors for which pointers are passed to many NdisXXX, MiniportXXX, and ProtocolXXX functions. |
| NDIS_PACKET_EXTENSION | This structure contains an array of pointers, each of which points to or contains per-packet (out-of-band) information associated with a packet descriptor. |
| NDIS_PACKET_OOB_DATA | This structure contains out-of-band (OOB) information associated with a packet descriptor that is used by drivers whose media supplies, requires, or accepts OOB information, such as information for an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) NIC. |
| NDIS_PACKET_STACK | This structure is a descriptor of the current stack in a packet. |
| NDIS_PM_PACKET_PATTERN | This structure specifies a wake-up pattern, which, when detected by a NIC that has pattern-match enabled, causes the NIC to signal a power-management wake-up event. |
| NDIS_PM_WAKE_UP_CAPABILITIES | This structure specifies the wake-up capabilities for a NIC. This structure is used by NDIS_PNP_CAPABILITIES. |
| NDIS_PNP_CAPABILITIES | OID_PNP_CAPABILITIES requests a miniport to return the wake-up capabilities of its NIC or requests an intermediate driver to return the intermediate driver's wake-up capabilities. |
| NDIS_PROTOCOL_CHARACTERISTICS | This structure is used to specify the version numbers and various callback functions for a protocol. |
| NDIS_REQUEST | This structure specifies a packet set up by NDIS or by a protocol for a call to the NdisRequest function. |
| NDIS_TAPI_ACCEPT | OID_TAPI_ACCEPT uses the NDIS_TAPI_ACCEPT when it requests the miniport driver to accept the specified call. |
| NDIS_TAPI_ANSWER | OID_TAPI_ANSWER uses the NDIS_TAPI_ANSWER structure when it requests the miniport driver to answer the specified call on offer. |
| NDIS_TAPI_CLOSE | OID_TAPI_CLOSE uses the NDIS_TAPI_CLOSE structure when it requests the miniport driver to close the specified open line device. |
| NDIS_TAPI_CLOSE_CALL | OID_TAPI_CLOSE_CALL uses the NDIS_TAPI_CLOSE_CALL structure when it requests the miniport driver to close a specified call after completing or terminating all outstanding asynchronous requests on the call. |
| NDIS_TAPI_CONDITIONAL_MEDIA_DETECTION | The NDIS_TAPI_CONDITIONAL_MEDIA_DETECTION structure is used by NDISTAPI when it makes an OID_TAPI_CONDITIONAL_MEDIA_DETECTION request to the WAN protocol driver. |
| NDIS_TAPI_CONFIG_DIALOG | The NDIS_TAPI_CONFIG_DIALOG structure is used with the OID_TAPI_CONFIG_DIALOGG to retrieve the name of a user-mode dynamic link library that can be called to configure the specified device. |
| NDIS_TAPI_DEV_SPECIFIC | The NDIS_TAPI_DEV_SPECIFIC structure is used with the OID_TAPI_DEV_SPECIFIC when it requests the miniport driver to provide access to features not accessible through other object identifier requests. |
| NDIS_TAPI_DIAL | OID_TAPI_DIAL uses the NDIS_TAPI_DIAL structure when it requests the miniport driver to dial the specified number on the specified call. |
| NDIS_TAPI_DROP | OID_TAPI_DROP uses the NDIS_TAPI_DROP structure when it requests the miniport driver to drop or disconnect the specified call. |
| NDIS_TAPI_GET_ADDRESS_CAPS | OID_TAPI_GET_ADDRESS_CAPS uses the NDIS_TAPI_GET_ADDRESS_CAPS structure to query the telephony capabilities of a specified address. |
| NDIS_TAPI_GET_ADDRESS_ID | The NDIS_TAPI_GET_ADDRESS_ID structure is used by OID_TAPI_GET_ADDRESS_ID when it requests the WAN NIC driver to return the address identifier associated with the address in a different format on the specified line. |
| NDIS_TAPI_GET_ADDRESS_STATUS | The NDIS_TAPI_GET_ADDRESS_STATUS structure is used by OID_TAPI_GET_ADDRESS_STATUS when it requests the miniport driver to return the status that is current for the specified address. |
| NDIS_TAPI_GET_CALL_ADDRESS_ID | The NDIS_TAPI_GET_CALL_ADDRESS_ID structure describes an address identifier requested from the miniport driver by OID_TAPI_GET_CALL_ADDRESS_ID. |
| NDIS_TAPI_GET_CALL_INFO | The NDIS_TAPI_GET_CALL_INFO structure describes detailed call information requested from the miniport driver by OID_TAPI_GET_CALL_INFO. |
| NDIS_TAPI_GET_CALL_STATUS | The NDIS_TAPI_GET_CALL_STATUS structure is used by OID_TAPI_GET_CALL_STATUS when it requests the miniport driver to return the status of the specified call. |
| NDIS_TAPI_GET_DEV_CAPS | The NDIS_TAPI_GET_DEV_CAPS structure is used by OID_TAPI_GET_DEV_CAPS when it requests the miniport driver to return the telephony capabilities of a specified line device. |
| NDIS_TAPI_GET_DEV_CONFIG | The NDIS_TAPI_GET_DEV_CONFIG structure describes the current configuration of a device associated one-to-one with a particular line. |
| NDIS_TAPI_GET_EXTENSION_ID | OID_TAPI_GET_EXTENSION_ID uses the NDIS_TAPI_GET_EXTENSION_ID structure when it requests the miniport driver to return the extension identifier for the specified line device. |
| NDIS_TAPI_GET_ID | The NDIS_TAPI_GET_ID structure is used by OID_TAPI_GET_ID when it requests the miniport driver to return a device identifier for the specified device class associated with the selected line, address, or call. |
| NDIS_TAPI_GET_LINE_DEV_STATUS | OID_TAPI_GET_LINE_DEV_STATUS uses NDIS_TAPI_GET_LINE_DEV_STATUS structure when it requests the miniport driver to return the status for the specified open line device. |
| NDIS_TAPI_MAKE_CALL | OID_TAPI_MAKE_CALL uses NDIS_TAPI_MAKE_CALL when it requests the miniport driver to place a call on the specified line to the specified destination address. |
| NDIS_TAPI_NEGOTIATE_EXT_VERSION | The NDIS_TAPI_NEGOTIATE_EXT_VERSION structure is used by OID_TAPI_NEGOTIATE_EXT_VERSION when it requests the miniport driver to return the highest version extension number the miniport driver is willing to operate under for this device, given the range of possible extension versions. |
| NDIS_TAPI_OPEN | The NDIS_TAPI_OPEN structure is used by OID_TAPI_OPEN when it requests the miniport driver to open the line device designated by the given device identifier and return the NIC driver's handle for the device. |
| NDIS_TAPI_PROVIDER_INITIALIZE | OID_TAPI_PROVIDER_INITIALIZE uses the NDIS_TAPI_PROVIDER_INITIALIZE structure when it requests that the miniport driver initialize itself as a TAPI provider. |
| NDIS_TAPI_PROVIDER_SHUTDOWN | OID_TAPI_PROVIDER_SHUTDOWN uses the NDIS_TAPI_PROVIDER_SHUTDOWN structure when it requests the miniport driver to shut down its TAPI operations when TAPI is cleaning up its state because applications are no longer using TAPI services. |
| NDIS_TAPI_SECURE_CALL | The NDIS_TAPI_SECURE_CALL structure is used by OID_TAPI_SECURE_CALLL when it requests the miniport driver to secure a particular call from any interruptions or interference that can affect the call's media stream. |
| NDIS_TAPI_SELECT_EXT_VERSION | OID_TAPI_SELECT_EXT_VERSION uses the NDIS_TAPI_SELECT_EXT_VERSION structure when it requests the miniport driver to select the indicated extension version for the indicated line device. |
| NDIS_TAPI_SEND_USER_USER_INFO | OID_TAPI_SEND_USER_USER_INFO uses the NDIS_TAPI_SEND_USER_USER_INFO structure when it requests the miniport driver to send user-to-user information to the remote party on the specified call. |
| NDIS_TAPI_SET_APP_SPECIFIC | OID_TAPI_SET_APP_SPECIFIC uses the NDIS_TAPI_SET_APP_SPECIFIC structure when it requests the miniport driver to set the ulAppSpecific member of the specified call's LINECALLINFO structure. |
| NDIS_TAPI_SET_CALL_PARAMS | The NDIS_TAPI_SET_CALL_PARAMS structure is used by OID_TAPI_SET_CALL_PARAMS when it requests the miniport driver to set certain call parameters for an existing call. |
| NDIS_TAPI_SET_DEFAULT_MEDIA_DETECTION | The NDIS_TAPI_SET_DEFAULT_MEDIA_DETECTION structure is used by OID_TAPI_SET_DEFAULT_MEDIA_DETECTION when it requests the miniport driver to use a new set of media modes to detect for the indicated line, thereby replacing whatever set it was using. |
| NDIS_TAPI_SET_DEV_CONFIG | The NDIS_TAPI_SET_DEV_CONFIG structure is used by OID_TAPI_SET_DEV_CONFIG when it requests the miniport driver to restore the configuration of a device associated one-to-one with the line device from a configuration previously obtained using OID_TAPI_SET_DEV_CONFIG. |
| NDIS_TAPI_SET_MEDIA_MODE | OID_TAPI_SET_MEDIA_MODE uses the NDIS_TAPI_SET_MEDIA_MODE structure when it requests the miniport driver to change a call's media mode as stored in the LINE_CALL_INFO structure for that call. |
| NDIS_TAPI_SET_STATUS_MESSAGES | The NDIS_TAPI_SET_STATUS_MESSAGES structure is used by OID_TAPI_SET_STATUS_MESSAGES when it requests the miniport driver to allow NDISTAPI to specify which notification messages the miniport driver should generate for events related to status changes for the specified line or any of its addresses. |
| NDIS_TASK_OFFLOAD | When a miniport supplies the structure in response to OID_TCP_TASK_OFFLOAD, this structure specifies a NIC's capabilities for performing a particular type of task offloaded from the TCP/IP transport. |
| NDIS_TASK_OFFLOAD_HEADER | This structure contains the encapsulation format for send and receive packets on which a miniport may perform tasks offloaded from the TCP/IP transport. |
| NDIS_TASK_TCP_IP_CHECKSUM | This structure contains information used in offloading checksum tasks from the TCP/IP transport to a NIC. |
| NDIS_TASK_TCP_LARGE_SEND | This structure contains the miniport's NIC capabilities for segmenting large TCP packets into smaller packets, if supplied by a miniport in response to a query of OID_TCP_TASK_OFFLOAD. |
| NDIS_TCP_IP_CHECKSUM_PACKET_INFO | This structure contains information used in offloading checksum tasks from the TCP/IP transport to a NIC. |
| NDIS_WAN_COMPRESS_INFO | The NDIS_WAN_COMPRESS_INFO structure describes compression information for use in OID_WAN_GET_COMP_INFO. |
| NDIS_WAN_GET_COMP_INFO | The NDIS_WAN_GET_COMP_INFO structure returns compression information to OID_WAN_GET_COMP_INFO. |
| NDIS_WAN_GET_LINK_INFO | The NDIS_WAN_GET_LINK_INFO structure formats information for OID_WAN_GET_LINK_INFO. |
| NDIS_WAN_GET_STATS_INFO | The NDIS_WAN_GET_STATS_INFO structure returns statistics requested by OID_WAN_GET_STATS_INFO. |
| NDIS_WAN_INFO | The NDIS_WAN_INFO structure formats information for OID_WAN_GET_INFO. |
| NDIS_WAN_PACKET | This structure contains the packet passed to the MiniportWanSend functions of WAN NIC drivers. |
| NDIS_WAN_SET_COMP_INFO | The NDIS_WAN_SET_COMP_INFO structure describes a protocol-selected compression scheme requested by OID_WAN_SET_COMP_INFO. |
| NDIS_WAN_SET_LINK_INFO | The NDIS_WAN_SET_LINK_INFO structure formats information for OID_WAN_SET_LINK_INFO. |
| NDIS_WLAN_BSSID | This structure contains an array of Basic Service Set (BSS) data used by NDIS_802_11_BSSID_LIST. |
| NDIS_WORK_ITEM | This structure is used to specify the entry point of a caller-supplied function that processes a work item when it is de-queued. |
| NDISUIO_DEVICE_NOTIFICATION | This structure is used by IOCTL_NDISUIO_REQUEST_NOTIFICATION for device notification of media state, bind or unbind, and so on. |
| NDISUIO_OPEN_CONTEXT | This structure represents the network device object when opened. |
| NDISUIO_QUERY_BINDING | This structure is used by IOCTL_NDISUIO_QUERY_BINDING to obtain information about the network adapter binding. |
| NDISUIO_QUERY_OID | This structure is used by IOCTL_NDISUIO_QUERY_OID_VALUE to query an NDIS object identifier. |
| NDISUIO_SET_OID | This structure is used by IOCTL_NDISUIO_SET_OID_VALUE. |
| NETWORK_ADDRESS | The NETWORK_ADDRESS structure describes the network-layer addresses that help define NETWORK_ADDRESS_LIST. |
| NETWORK_ADDRESS_LIST | OID_GEN_NETWORK_LAYER_ADDRESSES notifies underlying miniport and other layered drivers about the list of network-layer addresses that are associated with bound instances. |
| NIC_STATISTICS | This structure supports a NIC statistics query through IOCTL_NDISUIO_NIC_STATISTICS. |
| TRANSPORT_HEADER_OFFSET | Transports use a TRANSPORT_HEADER_OFFSET structure to indicate the size of additional headers for packets that a particular transport sends and receives. |
| VAR_STRING | This structure is an object-specific structured information buffer. |
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Last updated on Tuesday, May 18, 2004
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