Native 802.11 IHV Extensions DLL (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

The independent hardware vendor (IHV) can develop an IHV Extensions DLL to extend the functionality of the Native 802.11 framework. By installing an IHV Extensions DLL, the IHV can provide support for the following:

• Authentication or cipher algorithms. The IHV Extensions DLL can either provide its own version of standard authentication or cipher that are supported by the operating system, or support proprietary algorithms that are not supported by the operating system.

Note

Authentication or cipher algorithms that are supported by the IHV Extensions DLL are used with the wireless LAN (WLAN) adapter for which the DLL was installed only.

• Proprietary connectivity and security configuration of the IHV’s WLAN adapter
• Validation of proprietary connectivity and security profile settings
• Interface to the Native 802.11 IHV UI Extensions DLL for user notification and input

This section describes the set of functions that can be called or provided by an IHV Extensions DLL.

In This Section

• Native 802.11 IHV Extensibility Functions
  These functions are provided by the operating system and are called by the IHV Extensions DLL

• Native 802.11 IHV Handler Functions
  These functions are provided by the IHV Extensions DLL and are called by the Native 802.11 IHV Extensibility Host module

See Also

Reference

Native 802.11 Wireless LAN Reference
Native 802.11 Miniport Drivers
Native 802.11 Data Types