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From: glen@aecom.YU.EDU (Glen M. Marianko)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: some Qs on packet drivers
Message-ID: <2109@aecom.YU.EDU>
Date: 20 Feb 89 20:58:29 GMT
Organization: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
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Here at Einstein College we are using NI5210 boards with Interlan's
packet driver for Novell Netware and FTP's TCP/IP.  From what
I casually understand about the packet driver, it is designed to
filter packets (by type field?) and send them to the appropriate
software stack for processing.  Now, what happens if there are
two stacks that would like to listen to the same protocol.  As
an example, FTP's telnet and NCSA telnet on the same NIC through
the same driver.  Is this possible either a) as far as the
packet driver spec is concerned with "in theory", or b) if the
software was written appropriately?  In other words, how far can one
stretch the one NIC anyway?

-- Glen Marianko
   glen@aecom.yu.edu