If a recommended feature is implemented, it must meet the PC 98 requirements for that feature as defined in this document.
| Consumer PC 98 | Office PC 98 | Entertainment PC 98 |
1. PC system includes network adapter
| Recommended | Required, if no modem | Recommended |
2. PC system includes internal or external ISDN device
| Recommended | Recommended | Recommended |
3. PC system includes cable modem
| Optional | Optional | Optional |
4. PC system includes ATM adapter
| Optional | Optional | Optional |
5. PC system includes ADSL adapter
| Optional | Optional | Optional |
6. PC system includes satellite or broadcast receiver with NDIS driver
| Recommended | Recommended | Recommended |
7. Adapter uses NDIS 5.0 miniport driver
| Required |
8. Full-duplex adapter automatically detects and switches to duplex mode
| Required |
9. Adapter automatically senses presence of functional network
| Required |
10. Adapter automatically senses transceiver type
| Required |
11. Adapter supports quadword buffer alignment for receive and byte buffer alignment for send
| Required |
12. Adapter communicates with driver across any bridge
| Required |
13. Adapter supports filtering for 32 multicast addresses, at minimum
| Required |
14. Adapter is compatible with remote new system setup capabilities if used as boot device
| Required |
15. Device Bay network adapter meets PC 98 requirements
| Required |
16. Internal ISDN device meets PC 98 network adapter requirements
| Required |
17. Internal ISDN device supports synchronous HDLC framing
| Required |
18. Internal ISDN device uses NDIS WAN miniport driver
| Required |
19. Internal ISDN device includes connection for analog phone
| Recommended |
20. ISDN device supports auto-SPID detection algorithms and standard SPID format
| Required |
21. ISDN driver supports switch detection
| Recommended |
22. ISDN driver supports unattended installation, with limitations
| Required |
23. ISDN device includes built-in NT-1
| Recommended |
24. ATM adapter meets PC 98 network adapter requirements
| Required |
25. ATM adapter supports a minimum number of active connections
| Required |
26. ATM adapter supports all service types defined by the ATM Forum
| Recommended |
27. ATM adapter supports a minimum number of simultaneously active rt-VBR/nrt-VBR/CBR connections
| Required |
28. ATM adapter supports traffic shaping
| Required |
29. ATM adapter supports external clocking
| Required |
30. ATM adapter supports OAM
| Recommended |
31. ATM adapter supports buffer chaining (Tx + Rx)
| Recommended |
32. ADSL device meets PC 98 network adapter requirements
| Required |
33. ATM/ADSL solution is implemented
| Recommended |
34. ADSL device supports RADSL
| Recommended |
35. Each device has a unique Plug and Play device ID
| Required |
36. Automatic resource assignment and dynamic disable capabilities are supported
| Required |
37. Plug and Play capabilities support multiple adapters
| Required |
38. All resource settings are reported in the user interface
| Required |
39. Device complies with device class power management reference specification
| Required |
40. Device supports wake-up events
| Required |
41. Device drivers and installation meet PC 98 requirements
| Required |
42. Driver supports promiscuous mode
| Required |
43. Driver works correctly with Microsoft network clients and protocols
| Required |
44. NDIS miniport driver does not make operating system–specific kernel calls
| Required |
45. NDIS 5.0 driver uses new INF format
| Required |