Inter-machine networking on System V

[Eduardo Krell]

In article <446 at thirdi.UUCP> scott at thirdi.UUCP (Scott Southard) writes:

>Does the STREAMS interface currently support any networking
>protocols at all?

I'm not sure what your question is. STREAMS is a set of mechanisms
and abstractions on top of which you can implement networking
protocols such as TCP/IP, X.25, OSI, etc.

The Transport Level Interface (TLI) library (The t_* routines you mention)
provides a higher level interface to STREAMS, at the OSI Transport
level.
A couple of vendors have implemented TCP/IP, X.25 and other protocols
on top of TLI, but all you get with SVR3.x is STREAMS and TLI.
You most likely want a higher level protocol than TLI provides, so
you either write your own or, if you like TCP/IP, buy a TCP/IP driver.
    
Eduardo Krell                   AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ

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