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From: jac@UMD5.UMD.EDU ("Joseph A. Cimmino Jr.")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Sharing Interfaces
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Date: 23 Jul 88 06:14:53 GMT
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> It is my understanding that in order to share a network interface between,
> say, Netware and PC/TCP that both packages need to cooperate via the
> Packet Driver Spec. In other words, it's not enough for just one package
> to access the interface via the Packet Driver Spec.

> Is this correct?

That is also my understanding, each application ( in this case, both Netware
and PC/IP ) need drivers that talk a "Packet Driver Spec".  There then needs
to be a piece of code supplied ( by the hardware vendor? ) that implements
the "Packet Driver Spec." for a particular board.
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