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XP
supports both peer-to-peer and client/server
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networking;
it also has facilities for network management
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To
describe networking in XP, we refer to two of the
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networking interfaces:
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NDIS
(Network Device Interface Specification) — Separates
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network
adapters from the transport protocols so that either can be
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changed
without affecting the other
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TDI
(Transport Driver Interface) — Enables any session layer
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component
to use any available transport mechanism
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XP
implements transport protocols as drivers that can be
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loaded
and unloaded from the system dynamically
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Also
too much detail for one hour …
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