The NDIS layer supports binding, a process that establishes the communication channel between a protocol driver (such as TCP/IP) and a network card, in the following ways:
The NDIS specification describes the communications technique known as multiplexing, which allows transmitting a number of separate signals simultaneously over a single channel or line and which supports the different ways of binding a protocol driver and network card.
To improve networking performance, you can manually change the default bindings on a computer running under Windows NT by using the Bindings tab in the Control Panel—Network dialog box. You can choose to disable a binding, enable a binding, or redefine the default binding search order.