Supported way for installing NDIS filter driver on Vista

Hi,

My Windows Installer package needs to install NDIS filter driver on
Vista. DIFxApp looks good, because it supports Windows Installer. Does
DIFxApp support also installing NDIS filter drivers?

I succeeded in installing NDIS filter driver by adding
'DriverPackageType = Network' to the INF file. However, DIFxApp 2.1
doesn't document that anymore. Is there any documented way for
installing NDIS filter driver? If not, should I stick with C++ Custom
Actions using INetCfg classes?

BR, Antti

PCAUSA
Tue Mar 25 11:16:20 CDT 2008

On Mar 25, 10:14=A0am, antti.jarvi...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My Windows Installer package needs to install NDIS filter driver on
> Vista. DIFxApp looks good, because it supports Windows Installer. Does
> DIFxApp support also installing NDIS filter drivers?
>
> I succeeded in installing NDIS filter driver by adding
> 'DriverPackageType =3D Network' to the INF file. However, DIFxApp 2.1
> doesn't document that anymore. Is there any documented way for
> installing NDIS filter driver? If not, should I stick with C++ Custom
> Actions using INetCfg classes?
>
> BR, Antti

By all means, use a supporting installer that uses INetCfg to install
a NDIS filter driver!

Thomas F. Divine
http://www.pcausa.com

antti
Fri Mar 28 05:16:35 CDT 2008

On 25 maalis, 18:16, PCAUSA <pca...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> By all means, use a supporting installer that uses INetCfg to install
> a NDIS filter driver!
>

Thanks for your answer. I will surely use INetCfg.

I believe that DIFxApp also uses INetCfg. But still wondering why
installing network drivers using DIFxApp is not documented anymore (in
DIFxAPP 2.1 coming with WDK). In version 1.0, they were documented
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/b/5/5b5bec17-ea71-4653-9539-204a672f11cf/DIFXtools_reqs.doc

BR, Antti

PCAUSA
Fri Mar 28 09:15:21 CDT 2008

On Mar 28, 6:16=A0am, antti.jarvi...@gmail.com wrote:
> On 25 maalis, 18:16, PCAUSA <pca...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > By all means, use a supporting installer that uses INetCfg to install
> > a NDIS filter driver!
>
> Thanks for your answer. I will surely use INetCfg.
>
> I believe that DIFxApp also uses INetCfg. But still wondering why
> installing network drivers using DIFxApp is not documented anymore (in
> DIFxAPP 2.1 coming with WDK). In version 1.0, they were documentedhttp://d=
ownload.microsoft.com/download/5/b/5/5b5bec17-ea71-4653-9539-...
>
> BR, Antti

Probably because DIFxApp didn't work as advertised with NDIS drivers -
particularly filter drivers.

I also took the bait and spent wasted time trying to use this
technology in a case where is did not work.

Thomas F. Divine

dtsitrelis
Wed Apr 16 13:17:03 CDT 2008

The "Network" type still works just as it did on DIFXAPP v1.x

We use this method to install our IM/MP drivers. If you are installing same
remember to use separate directories for the two .INF files (and a CopyINF
directive) since DIFXAPP doesn't like more than one .INF in a component.