Defrag Tools #175 - Debugging the Network Stack | Defrag Tools

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Chad Beeder is joined by Jeffrey Tippet from the Windows Networking team to talk about how to debug networking problems in NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) using the !ndiskd debugger extension in WinDbg.Resources:The NDIS BlogTimeline:[00:00] Introductions[01:10] What is NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification)[03:11] Common problems encountered by the Networking Team. (Bug Check 0x9F DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE, Bug Check 0x133 DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION)[06:27] Introducing the !ndiskd debugger extension. Start with !ndiskd.help[10:27] !ndiskd.netreport gives you a Network Debug Report including graphical overview of the network configuration[18:23] !ndiskd.netreport -verbose takes much longer to run, but gives a lot more detail including animations of how many packets are going over each adapter[22:58] To enable the logging of recent network traffic, and get the animations in the netreport, enable NBL Logging by settin