Chapter 21 NIC Detection DLL Functions

This section describes the exported functions available in any NIC detection support DLL. Special parameters are used to allow a single DLL to support a large number of distinct network interface card types.

There are specific routines unique to the detection support DLL, msncdet.dll. Besides providing basic support for all NIC types used in Windows NT, this DLL exports functions aimed at monitoring available system resources, such as IRQs.

An OEM's Setup.inf file typically contains the name of the DLL that checks the network interface cards it supports. It also contains the string tokens representing those NIC types. For more information about these string tokens, see Section 21.1.