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From: jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James Van Bokkelen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Packet driver for Netbios?
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Date: 8 Feb 89 16:36:40 GMT
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NDIS/MAC lets the application decide which packets it wants, by inspection.
The Packet Driver requires that the application supply the values from the
standard MAC-layer demultiplexing fields that match the packets desired.
As such, an NDIS/MAC layered on top of a P-D loses a bunch of functionality,
and we presently have no reason to do one.  Going the other way, P-D on top
of NDIS/MAC, you gain functionality, and we had a reason to do it as well.

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