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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!vixie!efficacy!vixie 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 Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <VIXIE.93Oct20115039@gw.home.vix.com> References: <2a2e7gINNa9e@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: gw.home.vix.com 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> decwrl!vixie!paul