Research On The Wireless Network Card Driver And Management Application On Windows

With the rapid development of wireless network such as WLAN, WiMAX and McWiLL, developing the application based on wireless network is becoming more and more popular. The wireless Network Interface Card (NIC) with the interface of PCMCIA used on laptop is the most popular type. This article focuses on the driver of the wireless NIC.At present, most NIC drivers are developed based on mixed function model. This kind of driver can not be easily transplanted because of its large scale and mess function. In order to solve this problem, a new improved model called WDM and NDIS Miniport stratified model is proposed. The new model has the function of WDM and NDIS Miniport. With the help of the model, the relation between modular can be simplified, as well as the driver can be easily developed and transplanted.After researching on every kind of driver model in the environment of Windows2000, the design of wireless NIC driver is proposed based on the WDM and NDIS Miniport stratification model on the platform of WT6104 chip. And the wireless NIC driver is developed as well as the driver management software through which can set the driver. After testing the driver and its management software, the statistics shows the advantages on the aspect of driver performance and design model.