Checklist for Network Communications

If a recommended feature is implemented, it must meet the PC 98 requirements for that feature as defined in this document.

Consumer PC 98 Office PC 98 Entertainment PC 98

1. PC system includes network adapter

Recommended Required, if no modem Recommended

2. PC system includes internal or external ISDN device

Recommended Recommended Recommended

3. PC system includes cable modem

Optional Optional Optional

4. PC system includes ATM adapter

Optional Optional Optional

5. PC system includes ADSL adapter

Optional Optional Optional

6. PC system includes satellite or broadcast receiver with NDIS driver

Recommended Recommended Recommended

7. Adapter uses NDIS 5.0 miniport driver

Required

8. Full-duplex adapter automatically detects and switches to duplex mode

Required

9. Adapter automatically senses presence of functional network

Required

10. Adapter automatically senses transceiver type

Required

11. Adapter supports quadword buffer alignment for receive and byte buffer alignment for send

Required

12. Adapter communicates with driver across any bridge

Required

13. Adapter supports filtering for 32 multicast addresses, at minimum

Required

14. Adapter is compatible with remote new system setup capabilities if used as boot device

Required

15. Device Bay network adapter meets PC 98 requirements

Required

16. Internal ISDN device meets PC 98 network adapter requirements

Required

17. Internal ISDN device supports synchronous HDLC framing

Required

18. Internal ISDN device uses NDIS WAN miniport driver

Required

19. Internal ISDN device includes connection for analog phone

Recommended

20. ISDN device supports auto-SPID detection algorithms and standard SPID format

Required

21. ISDN driver supports switch detection

Recommended

22. ISDN driver supports unattended installation, with limitations

Required

23. ISDN device includes built-in NT-1

Recommended

24. ATM adapter meets PC 98 network adapter requirements

Required

25. ATM adapter supports a minimum number of active connections

Required

26. ATM adapter supports all service types defined by the ATM Forum

Recommended

27. ATM adapter supports a minimum number of simultaneously active rt-VBR/nrt-VBR/CBR connections

Required

28. ATM adapter supports traffic shaping

Required

29. ATM adapter supports external clocking

Required

30. ATM adapter supports OAM

Recommended

31. ATM adapter supports buffer chaining (Tx + Rx)

Recommended

32. ADSL device meets PC 98 network adapter requirements

Required

33. ATM/ADSL solution is implemented

Recommended

34. ADSL device supports RADSL

Recommended

35. Each device has a unique Plug and Play device ID

Required

36. Automatic resource assignment and dynamic disable capabilities are supported

Required

37. Plug and Play capabilities support multiple adapters

Required

38. All resource settings are reported in the user interface

Required

39. Device complies with device class power management reference specification

Required

40. Device supports wake-up events

Required

41. Device drivers and installation meet PC 98 requirements

Required

42. Driver supports promiscuous mode

Required

43. Driver works correctly with Microsoft network clients and protocols

Required

44. NDIS miniport driver does not make operating system–specific kernel calls

Required

45. NDIS 5.0 driver uses new INF format

Required