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January 9, 2011 Update to Rawether for Windows V6.0 Released (V6.0.3004)

 

Pervious versions of the Rawether V6.0 MSI installer did not properly install necessary supporting Visual Studio 2008 'C' runtime redistributable components. As a result, the sample executables would fail on some platforms.

In this release the necessary merge modules have been added to the MSI installers.

There are currently no changes to Rawether V5.6/V5.7.

For more information, see:

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Rawether V6.0 Release Notes
 

September 7, 2010 Update to Rawether for Windows V6.0 Released (V6.0.3003)

 

Rawether V6.0.30.03 includes an important fix if you are using UNICODE applications. The release includes other relatively minor fixes and is not considered urgent.

There are currently no changes to Rawether V5.6/V5.7.

For more information, see:

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Rawether V6.0 Release Notes

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What's New In Rawether V6.0.
 

May 24, 2010 Rawether for Windows V6.0 Released - With NDIS 6 Protocol Drivers

 

Rawether V6.0 includes NDIS 6 protocol drivers for Windows Vista and later platforms. Rawether V6.0 RTM sample executables can be downloaded.

Please let us know if you encounter any problems with the Rawether V6.0 RTM installation.

For more information, see What's New In Rawether V6.0.
 

August 24, 2009 Rawether for Windows V5.6 and V5.7 are Released...

 

The primary goal of this release is to provide improved Windows Vista and preliminary Windows 7 installation support. Application development is migrated to Visual Studio 2005 and driver development to WDK 6001.18002.

This release includes new tools for installation are easier to integrate into Windows Installer projects. The Rawether drivers can be installed using the traditional non-PnP method or alternatively using INF files.

NDIS 6 drivers and new Rawether functionality is not included in this release.

Rawether V5.6 uses Visual Studio 2005 for application development while V5.7 uses Visual Studio 2008. Otherwise, these two versions are the same.

 

December 3, 2006 Rawether for Windows V5.5.18.05 Released

 

The primary goal of this release is to provide Windows Vista support with a minimum of effort. NDIS 6 drivers and new Rawether functionality is not included in this release.

See Rawether Release Notes.
 

November 22, 2006 Self-Signing NDIS Protocol Drivers for Windows Vista

 

On x64-based versions of Windows Vista NDIS protocol drivers simply will not be loaded unless they are digitally signed. A short article on NDIS.com describes how to self-sign NDIS protocol drivers for Windows Vista.

Customers should use their own Code Signing ID to sign Rawether NDIS protocol drivers for release.

For more information, see Self-Signing NDIS Protocol Drivers for Windows Vista.
 

June 7, 2004 Rawether V5.5 Released 

 

This is a new major release of Rawether for Windows - the first major update since the release of V5.0 in December, 1998. Features in Rawether V5.5.17.00 include:

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Address Side-By-Side Rawether Runtime Installation Conflicts

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Expanded Support for 802.11 Adapter Management

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Support For Windows XP 64-Bit Extended Edition

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Overhaul of Rawether Win32 NDIS DLL

And more...

See What's New in Rawether V5.5

April 14, 2004 Rawether V5.03.16.58 Released 

 

Interim bug fix release for bug introduced in V5.03.16.57. The flaw was in kernel-mode string parsing code used to extract ServiceName from the RegistryPath in DriverEntry routine.

This bug has the effect of causing the creation of a bogus driver ServiceName and SymbolicLink name under some conditions. On some systems running WLANDetect the first time would succeed. However, running WLANDetect a second time would fail. Since it was a string-related bug there could have been other unpredictable problems as well.

Customers using V5.03.16.57 should upgrade to V5.03.16.58.

See Detailed Release Notes.

May 14, 2002 Rawether V5.03.16.54 Released 
More Information

 

A major upgrade to the PCAUSA Rawether for Windows product has been released. The new release includes these features:
 
bulletNew Gigabit-oriented packet collection driver.
bulletNew Wireless LAN Detector sample.
bulletImproved adapter enumeration API.
bulletBetter documentation.
bulletInstallation verification utility.
bulletVarious enhancements and bug fixes.
April 23, 2001 Rawether V5.00.13.50 Released  
More Information RAWETHER (WinDis 32) version (V5.00.13.49 - October 16, 2000) seems to be holding up fairly well through Windows XP Beta 2. However, there are a handful of bug fixes and improvements requested by customers.
 
bulletModification to support for operation on Wireless LAN adapters as 802.3.
bulletBug fix in BFP filter concatenation routine.
bulletSeveral bug fixes exposed by Driver Verifier.
bulletA Windows XP-specific fix.

 

October 16, 2000 Rawether V5.00.13.49 Released  
More Information Although RAWETHER (WinDis 32) version (V5.00.13.46 - October 29, 1999) seems to be holding up fairly well through Windows 2000 SP1 and Millennium, there are a handful of bug fixes and improvements requested by customers. None of these seem earth-shaking (unless you really needed the improvement).
 
bulletNon-Admin Users Supported On Windows NT/2000
bulletOptional High-Resolution Timestamp
bulletBetter PnP Behavior
bulletA Few Bug Fixes

 

September 25, 2000 New Name for Win32 NDIS Framework  
More Information Beginning in late September, 2000 we are going introduce the new name Rawether for Windows to refer to the PCAUSA Win32 NDIS Framework (WinDis 32) product.

 

September 21, 2000 PCAUSA RAWETHER.NET Website On-Line 
PCAUSA brings a new website, RAWETHER.NET, on-line for the first time. The new site name more accurately reflects the functionality provided by the PCAUSA Win32 NDIS Framework.
 

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