Patent ID: 7908522
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A network card testing method, which is realized through a computer having an Extended Firmware Interface (EFI) system in testing whether several functions of a network card are capable of functioning normally, including the following steps: activating an EFI system and loading an EFI network protocol, and registering said EFI network protocol into a protocol assignment table; bonding said network card, said EFI network protocol, and a driver of a network driver interface specification (NDIS) layer corresponding to said network card; activating an EFI pseudo program, an intermediate filter driver, and a network card test program; receiving several testing items of said network card testing program through utilizing said EFI pseudo program, and generating the corresponding test events; and invoking said driver corresponding to said network card according to said protocol assignment table by means of said intermediate filter driver, and performing a plurality of network function tests corresponding to said test events.