Re: Porting the TFE (Re: IIgs and OS X filesharing solutions)

["Glenn Jones" <rg.jones@rogers.com>]

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"Rob Steinmetz" <rsteinmetz@-no-mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Glenn Jones wrote:
> > TW3100A chip supports 2 modes of operation. Embedded TCP/IP or RAW mode.
> >
> > In RAW MAC mode, any software based TCP/IP stack should be able to
interface
> > to this mode. This would include Marinetti at the Link layer or lwIP or
uIP.
> >
> > In the Embedded TCP/IP mode you have direct support for TCP, UDP and IP
but
> > you are limited to 4 concurrent sessions. Using RAW MAC mode you may or
may
> > not have that limitation depending on the implementation.
>
> It seems that the Apple][ should not need or be able to handle
> more than 4 concurrent sessions. And reducing the amount of
> software necessary makes the applications easier to write.
> >
> > I am just starting to delve into Adams code so I am not sure which
direction
> > I am headed in just yet.
>
> Are you looking at just the TCP/IP stacks or are you also
> looking at Contiki?
>

Right now I am starting to look at uIP which is part of Contiki. I have to
take a closer look as I am not sure how closely the apps are tied to Contiki
in order to work.

I think ftp would be a good app to get working first (maybe not the easiest)

Glenn