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Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 18:54:00 +0100
From: Joseph Heenan <esuvf@csv.warwick.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: An issue of size (and of stacks)
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In message <645c7bb247%dane@werewlf.demon.co.uk>
Dane Koekoek <dane@werewlf.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <6a8e69b247%esuvf@dial1221.dialup.warwick.ac.uk>
> Joseph Heenan <esuvf@csv.warwick.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> [...large snip of very informative info about various TCP/IP stacks...]
>
> Yes, that seems to be the best all-round decision. Just out of
> interest, how does something like the stack in the ANT suite
> compare to the others.
In the latest incarnation of the ANT suite, I believe you have the
choice between using acorn internet 4.10 and 5.04 (or, I think,
any acorn stack you have in rom - ie. 4.03(?) for 3.6 and 5.02 for
3.7).
> Surely they should all do the same job and therefore should be
> easily replaceable with each other? Is this not the case because
> different stacks support a different command syntax?
Some thinks are the same, some are different.
The basic programmer interface for using sockets and so on is 99% the
same over all the stacks (seem last message for the other 1%...).
There are, however, differences in some of the lower level bits -
like setting up routing tables and configuring interfaces. Also, just
to make things slightly more daunting, each of the stacks have
versions of things like ifconfig & route that have slightly different
command line options. Making a change from something like internet 4
-> 5 isn't a simple as just changing the stack, as you have to change
all the bits around the edge, and all the bits that use them.
Which all makes for great fun!
(I'm fairly certain I've got most of this right - any errors can be
blamed on my memory!)
Cheers,
Joseph
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Joseph Heenan, Coventry, UK
mailto:esuvf@csv.warwick.ac.uk