RE: Wireless adapter for new computer re TUNTAP

Joe Monk wrote:
> Fish wrote:
> 
> > Any/ALL physically *wired* network adapters however
> > should always work with CTCI-WIN (and thus Hercules
> > networking), and since they're so cheap these days
> > that's generally what I advise doing.
> 
> Not for much longer ....
> 
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/ff559027(v=vs.80)
> 
> WinPCap is specifically based on NDIS 5.0 which is
> a deprecated interface, and thus can be removed at
> any time by MS without notice.

NDIS 5.x may be deprecated, but it's still supported and will likely *continue* to be supported for quite a while yet:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/hardware/network/ndis-6-0-backward-compatibility

NDIS 6.x may be *recommended* for newer driver development, but AFAIK it is not *required* (nor will it likely ever be).

I suspect WinPCap 4.13 (and thus CTCI-WIN) will continue to work fine for quite a few years yet.

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"Fish" (David B. Trout)
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