"PCAGizmo" NDIS OID Tracing Tool

Overview

The "PCAGizmo" software consists of NDIS filter drivers and a companion Win32 console application that work together to log NDIS OID requests and NDIS status indications as they are passed between NDIS miniport, filter and protocol drivers. The PCAGizmo architecture is illustrated in the diagram below.

PCAGizmo Software Components

	NDISMon - NDISMon.exe, a Win32 console application, is used to fetch log information from the companion NDIS filter drivers.
	Windows Vista Drivers - PCAGizmo6.sys, a NDIS 6 Lightweight Filter (LWF) monitoring driver, is used to log NDIS operations on Windows Vista. By the nature of a NDIS 6 LWF monitoring driver, it can be installed above and below other NDIS components. The illustration shows that PCAGizmo6 can log operations both above and below the Windows system Native 802.11 LAN Emulation/Management driver.
	Windows XP and Server 2003 Drivers - PCAGizmo5.sys, a NDIS 5 Intermediate (IM) filter driver, is used to log NDIS operations.

Example PCAGizmo OID Logs

Several example PCAGizmo OID log traces are posted on NDIS.com.

PCAGizmo Wireless OID Logs

Download PCAGizmo Software

Please understand that PCAGizmo is an experimental tool. Although not known to have flaws, it is not as heavily tested as other PCAUSA products.

Please read the User Guide before attempting to download and install PCAGizmo.

PCAGizmo User Guide

PCAGizmo is available for download as a Windows Installer setup file:

PCAGizmo Windows Installer

Please contact PCAUSA if you encounter any problems with the installation or use of this software.

We would also be interested in hearing suggestions for improvements.

Thomas F. Divine

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Topic Status
September 12, 2006	Initial release. PCAGizmo V1.0.0.12.

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