NIC testing ?

[philipogorman]

Hi,
Are there any tools available to test NIC drivers for XP embedded?
When I worked with CE I always used the "One-Card Network Card Miniport
Driver test".
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...50cononecardnetworkcardminiportdrivertest.asp

Is there a similar tool available in XP embedded, what does everyone
use to test and validate a network card driver?

Thanks,
Philip

 

[Brad Combs]

Hi Phillip,

XP Embedded binaries are the same as XP Professional so as long as there is
a driver for the NIC availble for XP Professional it can be componentized
for use with XP Embedded. Some companies do offer a SLD that has an already
componentized version of their drivers, others don't.

For most NIC drivers if you have the inf and sys files you can just place
them in the appropriate folders and PnP will do it's job and load it during
FBA. (So in that case a component isn't even necessary)

You can use devcon to test that the driver installed from a command line if
you use a shell other than explorer. If you have explorer you can look in
device manager just like Pro. (Or use devcon, whichever suits you ;-))

HTH,
Brad

 

[philipogorman]

Hi Brad,

Thanks for the info, that will be a useful tool for me.

I also found the hct kit to be very useful for my testing -
the ndis tests are very useful to verify/validate a nic driver & hw

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/HCT12.mspx

Philip