Hi,

I am having some difficulties to operate my NDIS 5.0 intermediate
driver
in conjunction with a third party VPN Client.

I start with a laptop with an on-board NIC running Windows XP with
SP1. The laptop is plugged into a docking station with an additional
identical NIC. I install the VPN Client software and reboot my
machine. When the system comes up I install my software which includes
an intermediate NDIS driver. The installation seems normal and no
error
messages are displayed. However, after I restart Windows, I cannot
access the network (ipconfig only sees the VPN virtual NIC).

The above problem has not been observed on any hardware except the
specific
laptop, nor has it been observed on the same laptop when the
installation is performed outside the docking station. Also, if I
reverse the installation order (i.e. 1st my software, then the VPN
client), everything seems fine!

Can anyone suggest what's going on? Any input will be most
appreciated.

Thx