Network Drivers (Compact 7)
3/12/2014
Network drivers implement communication between the Windows Embedded Compact operating system (OS), protocol drivers, and network adapters that connect a Windows Embedded Compact powered device to local and wide area networks. The Windows Embedded Compact-based communications architecture provides support for network drivers written to the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) as well as technologies such as Remote NDIS (RNDIS), NDISWAN, Token Ring, Wi-Fi, IrDA, and Bluetooth.
To enable network driver support in your Windows Embedded Compact-based OS design, you can select from one of the network driver catalog items provided with Windows Embedded Compact, or you can develop a customized network miniport driver to enable Windows Embedded Compact to support a custom network adapter.
To add a network driver to your OS, see Network Driver Catalog Items and Sysgen Variables.
For reference information, see Network Driver Reference. Wireless Zero Configuration has been removed from Windows Embedded Compact; for Native Wi-Fi automatic configuration information, see Wi-Fi. For Native Wi-Fi automatic configuration reference information, see Native Wi-Fi Reference.
Sample application code is available at the locations listed below.
| Driver | Sources file location | Binary |
|---|---|---|
NE2000-compatible generic Ethernet adapter PCI and ISA driver |
Public\Common\OAK\Drivers\NetCard\NE2000 |
Ne2000.dll |
Intel Pro E100BEX Ethernet adapter driver |
Public\Common\OAK\Drivers\NetCard\E100BEX |
E100bex.dll |
RealTek 8185 Native WiFi |
Public\Common\OAK\Drivers\NetCard\rtl8185 |
rtlnwifi.dll |
AR6002 Native 802.11 Miniport Driver |
Public\Common\OAK\Drivers\NetCard\ar6k2_nwf |
ar6k_nwf.dll |
Realtek RTL188x 802.11b native driver |
Not applicable. |
Rtl1880nf.dll |