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From: fks@FTP.COM (Frances Selkirk)
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Subject: Re:  3C503 shared memory conflict
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Date: 4 Dec 90 21:58:11 GMT
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Actually, that was a bad explanation! One of the stacks will loose 
long before a broadcast packet. The packet driver decides where to 
send a packet based on what protocol it is. Only one IP stack (I 
believe the one loaded last) will get the packets, and it will get
both the packets intended for it, and the ones intended for the other
stack, which, if you're lucky, it will ignore.


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