| Summary |
| A MAC driver provides low level access to network adapters by providing data transmission support and some basic adapter management functions. |
| The protocol driver is responsible for offering four or five basic services to other layers in the network. Hiding details of how the services is actually implemented. |
| The services that the protocol driver performs include session management, Datagram service, Data segmentation and sequencing, acknowledgement and possibly routing across a WAN. |
| Popular network protocols include NetBEUI, a small, fast and efficient protocol that is supplied with all Microsoft network products. |
| TCP/IP, an industry standard protocol providing communications between dissimilar end systems, |
| XNS, a precursor to IPX/SPX; and IPX/SPX, a protocol stack that is used in Novell networks. |
Thursday, February 5, 2009
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