Windows 98 includes both a protected-mode Data Link Control (DLC) driver (Dlc.vxd), which supports 32-bit and 16-bit DLC applications, and a real-mode DLC driver (Msdlc.exe), which supports only 16-bit applications. It is used primarily to access IBM mainframe computers and Hewlett-Packard network-ready printers.
This section shows the architecture for Microsoft 32-bit and 16-bit DLC.
Figure 29.36 shows the architecture for Microsoft 32-bit DLC.
Figure 29.36 Architecture for Microsoft 32-bit Data Link Control
Figure 29.37 shows the architecture for Microsoft 16-bit DLC with NDIS drivers, used with a protected-mode protocol.
Figure 29.37 Architecture for Microsoft 16-bit Data Link Control
Figure 29.38 shows the architecture for Microsoft 16-bit DLC with Open Datalink Interface (ODI) network adapter drivers.
Figure 29.38 Architecture for real-mode Data Link Control with Open Datalink Interface network adapter drivers
Figure 29.39 shows the architecture for real-mode DLC with NDIS 2 network adapters and IBM LanSupport.
Figure 29.39 Architecture for real-mode Data Link Control with NDIS 2 network adapter and IBM LanSupport
| For more information about | See this resource |
|---|---|
| Generic Quality of Service (GQoS) | http://www.microsoft.com/ ftp://microsoft.com/bussys/winsock/winsock2/ |
| Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) specification | http://www.ietf.org/ |
| COM standard | ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/OLE-info/COMSpecification/ |
| DCOM Request for Comments (RFC) | http://www.microsoft.com/com/ |