Native WiFi Driver in Vista
An interesting account of Native Wifi support in Vista. Not sure if they have good software for the draft 802.11n yet but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
In my previous posts about WMM support in Vista, I described how Windows network applications can indicate which priority level they desire for traffic sent, and how Native WiFi (NWF) drivers can identify this traffic to provide appropriate prioritization over the shared wireless segment. It’s important; however, to realize that the NWF driver in Windows can only prioritize this traffic if the wireless access point (AP) supports WMM. I thought it would be worthwhile to discuss how to determine if an AP supports this capability. Note that your network application does not have to worry about this; the driver does it for you. But, if you were inclined to figure it out yourself, I’ll tell you how to go about it. As always, some background is necessary first.
