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From: fks@FTP.COM (Frances Selkirk)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: A glossary of commonly used terms (fwd)
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Date: 3 Dec 90 17:17:31 GMT
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>>topic, could someone enlighten me to the meaning/sources of the
>>following?
>> 
>>	packet driver
	
>This name refers to the specification developed and published by FTP
>Inc. for a standard interface to Ethernet cards on IBMPC compatibles.

Packet drivers are actually available for many network interface classes,
not just Ethernet. Most packet drivers currently available are for Ethernet,
but packet drivers also exist for SLIP, Token Ring, X.25 and IEEE 802.3 
packets with 802.2 headers (a Netware anomoly). These are packet drivers
classes 6, 3, 13 and 11, respectively. When people say they support the
packet driver, assume class 1 (Ethernet), and ask if you want something
else.


>>	BWNFS

Beame and Whiteside's NFS. You will also see:

	FTP SW    	-	Us (FTP Software).
	PCTCP +		-       PC/TCP Plus (our TCP/IP w/NFS).
	WIN/TCP		-	Wollongong's TCP/IP.
	PC-NFS		-	Sun's PC-NFS 
				or sometimes (incorrectly) any NFS for PCs.
	PC-IP		-	a PD TCP/IP, not currently well maintained.
	KA9Q		-	Karn's PD TCP/IP
	CUTCP		- 	Clarkson University's PD TCP/IP
	MUTCP		-	Maryland University's TCP/IP, I think for
				academic institutes only.

"PD" confusingly, is used as an abbreviation for both, "Public Domain,"
and "Packet Driver." The correct meaning can _usually_ be derived from
context.


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