What is a WAN miniport?

[Guest]

My new notebook has USB ports but nothing else. Can someone describe a WAN
miniport to me?
Thanks
Catt

 

[Guest]

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/LANWAN/CoNDIS-WAN.mspx

 

[_RR]

My new notebook has USB ports but nothing else. Can someone describe a WAN
miniport to me?
Thanks
Catt

First of all, your notebook probably has a network jack (the
telephone-like connector). WAN is Wide Area Network.

Where did you see the term Miniport? It usually does not refer to
hardware (your physical computer ports). It is a term used by device
driver writers to designate a level or layer of device driver
operation.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You can see them in the Device Manager.

Start | Run | Type: devmgmt.msc | OK |
View | Show Hidden Devices |
Under Network adapters:

WAN Miniport (IP)
WAN Miniport (L2TP)
WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
WAN Miniport (PPTP)

You can also see them in System Information.

Start | Run | Type: msinfo32 | OK |

[+] Components
[+] Network
Adapter

Name [00000002] WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Name [00000003] WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Name [00000004] WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Name [00000006] WAN Miniport (IP)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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