Operation Manual

4 Mit der FRITZ!Card in das Internet

4ONTO THE INTERNET WITH FRITZ!CARD

In addition to the traditional ISDN services file transfer, fax,

videotext etc. based on the ISDN interface COMMON-ISDN-API

(CAPI), FRITZ!Card also supports connections to the Internet.

For connection to the Internet using FRITZ!Card, AVM offers you

the following two system drivers for Windows 95 and Windows

NT 4.0:

• AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver

• AVM NDIS WAN CAPI Driver

4.1 Concept of the AVM System Drivers in the MS

Windows System

Windows 95 and Windows NT offer two communications mod-

els with similar functionality: ISDN CAPI Port Driver and NDIS

WAN CAPI Driver. Both drivers are implemented in VxD technol-

ogy as Windows system drivers and are addressed through the

Dial-Up Networking application, but utilize different mechanisms

and interfaces / protocols in the operating system. Basically the

same transfer rates are attained in data communications with

the two drivers. Both drivers can be installed in parallel on one

system, if required.

The AVM system drivers make it possible for you to utilize com-

munications programs (such as FRITZ!) via the Windows Dial-

Up Networking application in parallel to CAPI-based ISDN soft-

ware, for example for dialing in to the Internet (see functional

diagram on page 12).