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From: vixie@gw.home.vix.com (Paul A Vixie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: socket programming
Date: 20 Oct 93 11:50:39
Organization: Vixie Enterprises
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In-reply-to: padalam@research.CS.ORST.EDU's message of 20 Oct 93 04:18:56 GMT

In <2a2e7gINNa9e@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> padalam@research.CS.ORST.EDU writes:
>
>   If I just use the normal socket code I have it works
>   on ethernet but not with FDDI. That is clients talking
>   through ethernet can connect to the server but not
>   clients talking through FDDI.
>

Sounds like a bug in the IP/TCP implementation on your machine.  Sockets
don't know or care what the underlying physical network is made of.  Unless
you are extremely clever, socket code works on PPP, Ethernet, IP tunneled
into DECnet, FDDI, or carrier pigeons.
--
Paul Vixie
Redwood City, CA
<paul@vix.com>
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