Native 802.11 Miniport Drivers
Important The Native 802.11 Wireless LAN interface is deprecated in Windows 10 and later. Please use the WLAN Device Driver Interface (WDI) instead. For more information about WDI, see WLAN Universal Windows driver model.
This section describes Native 802.11 miniport drivers for wireless LAN (WLAN) devices. These drivers provide a network interface over the WLAN media for both infrastructure and independent basic service set (IBSS) networks.
Note IBSS (Ad hoc) and SoftAP are deprecated. Starting with Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, use Wi-Fi Direct.
The following topics describe the functionality of a Native 802.11 miniport driver:
Introduction to Native 802.11 Miniport Drivers
Extending Native 802.11 Functionality
Native 802.11 Miniport Driver Operations
Native 802.11 Operating States
Native 802.11 Miniport Driver Initialization
Native 802.11 Miniport Driver Registration
Native 802.11 Miniport Driver Configuration
Native 802.11 Network Operations
Native 802.11 Authentication Operations
Native 802.11 Cipher Operations
Native 802.11 Send and Receive Operations
Native 802.11 Status Indications
DOT11_ASSOC_STATUS status codes
Native 802.11 Power Management
Native 802.11 Reset, Halt, and Shutdown Operations