System Overview:

• Development of NDIS5.1 miniport driver on windows vista 32-bit and 64-bit OS for USB Gateway device.
• Uses Remote NDIS protocol and USB1.1 communication interface.
• Device recognized as LAN adapter on windows vista and the driver enabled application interface to configure the gateway device.

Technologies, Platforms & Tools:

• Development Tools-
• WDK (Windows Driver Kit)
• WinDbg (Microsoft Kernel Debugging tool)
• Windows Vista 32-bit & 64 bit OS for testing and validation
• USB Gateway Device

Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) Certification was conducted for USB Gateway device and driver on Windows vista 32-bit & 64-bit.

• WHQL Tools-
• DTM – Driver Test Manager
• NDISTest6.0 – NDIS Test Kit
• NDISTest6.5 - NDIS Test Kit