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From: jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James Van Bokkelen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Two TCP/IP stacks on one PC
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Date: 29 May 90 18:04:31 GMT
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The primary issue is the same: Current Packet Drivers demux at the
network layer, and pay no attention to IP addresses.  If one added
logic to create a new class, that demuxed on IP addresses, it could be
done.  However, both the ARP implementation and IP fragment reassembly
would have to be in the Packet Driver itself, which makes it somewhat
bulky, and you'd have to remove the current IP/ARP in the stacks that
used it.

Because the people who want two TCP/IP stacks under the PDS are
usually after the union of the feature sets of two freeware packages,
and unwilling to do major surgery on them, I don't know of anyone who
has done this particular hack.

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