Reply to: Re: NTLK Ethernet and NIE 1.1
Does this mean that I can use an Ethernet card with an MP 130?
I am about to but one, and knowing this information would influence my decision.
Thanks.
Chris Wardman
Victor Rehorst wrote:
>> does. And NIE 2.0 requires NOS 2.1 and there is the problem. I
>> am pretty shure that ethernet-card would work in NOS 2.0
>> devices.
>
>Erm, not quite. "NIE" is made up of a bunch of different packages. The
>Internet Enabler provides an API for applications to use for TCP/IP.
>Internet Enabler makes use of modules to provide a transport layer for
>TCP/IP. A transport can be a PPP connection over a modem or serial line, or
>an Ethernet card, or something else that can provide IP connectivity. It
>seems like the API for the network transport didn't change between NIE 1.1
>and NIE 2.0, which is why you can use NIE 1.1 with the NIE Ethernet package
>from NIE 2.0 on a 2.1 machine. Confused? :)
>
>
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