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- From: rcq@FTP.COM (Bob Quinn)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Subject: Re: Need help on TCPIP programming
- Message-ID: <9301112121.AA25317@ftp.com>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 21:21:08 GMT
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- Hello Mac!
-
- > May someone give me some instructions on TCPIP networking program.
- > For example, if I want to write TCPIP package (NCSA Telnet, WATTCP),
- > netnews reader, Gopher client, etc., based on packet driver on my PC
- > running MSDOS or OS/2, what books, documents, information, etc., can
- > I get? I have got the source code of NCSA telnet and I want to find
- > some documentation and books for this kind of programming.
-
- I have attached a biblography that might help. Some books deal
- with specific high-level API's, some with background info and
- some with the general Inter-Process communications paradigms
- that can be applied to any network API. The latter would be
- most helpful, in conjunction with the Packet Driver Specifica-
- tion itself, in assisting you to create an application that uses
- the PD API.
-
- > I know nothing about modem and RS232 programming. May someone give
- > me some directions on books and source that I should read? Is it
- > possible to emulate MODEM or RS232 communication on Ethernet? That is,
- > if there are two programs that can communicate on two machines via
- > RS232 or null modem, is it possible to write a RS232 emulator based
- > on packet driver so that the messages between the two programs are
- > transferred via ethernet? Of course the source codes of the two programs
- > need no modification, the binary code even need no re-compilation.
- > Is there such a package already available?
-
- There are some BIOS INT 14H re-directors around, which will let
- a program written to use a serial port be redirected to use a
- network protocol stack through a network interface card. These
- are not ideal for a few reasons (I wouldn't call the following a
- comprehensive list, by any means):
-
- 1) they deal with data serially, whereas most network API's
- can handle data "by the buffer-load", in parellel so to speak.
-
- 2) The serial port paradigm does not include the concept of a
- "virtual circuit" or "connection", so to use a connection
- oriented protocol you'd need a "shell" around the redirector
- to initiate and terminate the connection.
-
- 3) Because serial ports don't have network addresses also, re-
- redirectors need a "shell" of sorts to allow network access.
-
- Besides these reasons, some serial communications programs access
- the hardware (UART) itself, for speed. The idea -among others-
- behind to packet driver and other standard hardware driver interfaces
- (e.g. NDIS and ODI) is to make the hardware (low-level) intracacies
- invisible, taken care of.
-
- > Thanks in advance.
- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Mac Su-Cheong (MSC) | Computer Science Division, | __o
- > msc@eembox.ncku.edu.tw | Department of E.E., | -\<,
- > nckus089@twnmoe10.bitnet | National Cheng Kung Univ., | O/ O
- > msc@snoopy.ncku.edu.tw | Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C. | Hey....I am the wind!
-
- Hope it helps,
- --
- Bob Quinn rcq@ftp.com
- FTP Software, Inc. No. Andover, MA
-
- Bloomer, John; _Power Programming with RPC_
- O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1991
- ISBN: 0-937175-77-3
- A digested form of the SUN RPC documentation from SUN Systems, Inc.
- Very readable, with many examples; highly recommended for anyone doing
- RPC programming.
-
- Cole, Gerald D.; _Computer Networking for Systems Programmers_
- John Wiley and Sons, 1990
- ISBN: 0-471-51057-2
- A comprehensive survey of networking protocols spanning the lowest
- (driver level) to highest (application level). It makes a good ``quick
- reference'' book, very readable but not in-depth.
-
- Comer, Douglas; _Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume I_
- Prentice Hall, 1991
- ISBN: 0-13-468505-9
- A thorough introduction and analysis of the TCP/IP protocol suite
- with a good orientation to the RFC's (Requests for Comments) that
- contain the definitive specifications for the TCP/IP network, transport
- and application protocols.
-
- Comer, Douglas/Stevens, David L.; _Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume II_
- Prentice Hall, 1991
- ISBN: 0-13-472242-6
- In-depth analysis of the TCP/IP protocols and their implementation
- (protocols explored: ARP, IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, RIP, SNMP)
-
- Comer, Douglas/Stevens, David L.; _Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume III_
- Prentice Hall, 1993
- ISBN: 0-13-474222-2
- Thorough exploration of client/server application design and
- implementation using Berkeley Software Distribution Sockets
- and eXternal Data Representation (XDR) with ONC RPC.
-
- Rose, Marshall T.; _The Simple Book: An Introduction to Management of
- TCP/IP-based Internets_
- Prentice Hall, 1991
- ISBN: 0-13-812611-9
- Essential reference for anyone using SNMP (Simple Network Management
- Protocol).
-
- Schwaderer, David W.; _C Programmer's Guide to NetBIOS_
- Howard W. Sams & Co., 1988
- ISBN: 0-672-22638-3
- A clear explanation of what NetBIOS is and what it is not. The first
- sections are for those who need a working knowledge of what NetBIOS
- does and conceptually how it works. This book illustrates programming
- techniques using the NetBIOS network API. It can be useful as a
- reference if you are debugging a program that uses NetBIOS.
-
- Stallings, William; _Handbook to Computer-Communications Standards Vol 2,3_
- Howard W. Sams & Co., 1987
- ISBN (vol 2):0-672-22698-7; (vol 3): 0-672-22666-9
- Volume II describes various physical and link-layer (lowest level)
- standards (for example, IEEE 802.2, 802.3, 802.4, 802.5) in considerable
- detail, although not in as much detail as an IEEE document. Great for
- network managers.
-
- Volume III explains TCP/IP (DOD) standards. Great for intuitive and
- in-depth analyses of TCP/IP applications.
-
- Stevens, W. Richard; _UNIX Network Programming_
- Prentice Hall, 1990
- ISBN: 0-13-949876-1
- This is an essential text for anyone developing network applications,
- and especially for those using the Berkeley Sockets API! It covers
- the various inter-process communication paradigms, then concentrates
- on UNIX networking application development using sockets. It documents
- sockets functions and provides many examples, including BSD r (remote)
- utilities, such as rsh. It discusses undocumented protocols and
- debugging techniques. It also touches on peripheral topics like SNA and
- NetBIOS, and the details of line disciplines. Very highly recommended.
-
- Tanenbaum, Andrew S.; _Computer Networks_
- Prentice Hall, 1989
- ISBN: 0-13-162959-X
- A comprehensive survey of networking protocols that explores each
- of the well-known protocols in the seven layers of the OSI Network
- Reference Model. More emphasis on low-level (OSI level 3, the
- network layer and below). It discusses the TCP/IP protocols and other
- protocol suites.
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