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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: IPX & TLI
To: jonny@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br (Joao Carlos Mendes Luis)
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 15:43:15 -0700 (MST)
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> #define quoting(Thierry Boudet)
> // 		Hello everybody
> // 
> // 	I am currently working on a networking project 
> // between UnixWare and MS-DOS over the Novell IPX protocol.
> // I'd like to port the Unix-side on FreeBSD. I have based
> // my work on the sysV "TLI" interface with IPX. Is it possible
> // to use IPX in FreeBSD with TLI ?
> 
> No.  There's no implementation of STREAMS and, consequently, TLI over
> FreeBSD (yet :) ).

TLI = Transport Layer Interface.

TLI is an alternative to sockets, with a seperate (non-standardized)
NSI for name services (which is integrated into sockets).

You do not have to implement Streams to implement TLI (or vice versa).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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