Npcap: handle NDIS status notifications
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Description
Npcap does not currently do anything with NDIS status notifications, which NDIS documentation states are a more efficient means of obtaining information than issuing OID requests. Furthermore, OID requests may be returned without an answer, with the answer coming later in a status notification.
Mishandling of status notifications is implicated in connectivity problems on Win7: See https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/1998#issuecomment-622430979
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No source file or test is named. Start with the linked NDIS_STATUS_INDICATION documentation and the referenced Win7 connectivity discussion, then locate Npcap’s NDIS and OID handling. Done means status notifications, including deferred OID answers, are handled correctly and connectivity behavior is verified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100