X400: Transports Supported by the X.400 Gateway

 Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
Article ID: Q104282
3.20 MS-DOS kb3rdparty

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400, version 3.2

SUMMARY

Version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 has implemented connectivity over TP4/CLNP/802.3 (Transport Class 4/Connectionless Network Protocol/Ethernet.) This is in addition to the TP0/X.25/X.121 connectivity provided in earlier releases of the gateway.

MORE INFORMATION

The X.400 gateway supports multiple connections (two incoming and one outgoing) on either of these transports. These transport stacks are implemented according to International Standards Organization (ISO) Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) specifications: 

                TP0
        |--------------------|
        |     Application    |\
        |--------------------|  \
        |     Presentation   |- \ \
        |--------------------|      > X.400 Gateway Layers
        |     Session        |- / /
        |--------------------|  /
        |     Transport      |/
        |--------------------|
        |     Network        |\
        |--------------------|  \
        |     Data Link      |---->   TP0/X.25 Layers
        |--------------------|  /
        |     Physical       |/
        |--------------------|


                TP4
        |--------------------|
        |     Application    |\
        |--------------------|  \
        |     Presentation   |---->   X.400 Gateway Layers
        |--------------------|  /
        |     Session        |/
        |--------------------|
        |     Transport      |\
        |--------------------|  \
        |     Network        |- \ \
        |--------------------|      > TP4/CLNP Layers
        |     Data Link      |- / /
        |--------------------|  /
        |     Physical       |/
        |--------------------|
NOTE: The TPO/X.25 works with the bottom three layers of the OSI stack, whereas TP4/CLNP works with the bottom four.

Additional reference words: 3.20
KBCategory: kb3rdparty
KBSubcategory: MailGWX400

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Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
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