Practical TCP/IP and Ethernet Networking for Industry

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When you have completed study of this chapter you should be able to:

• Define the functions of various types of network driver software

• Describe the parameters which need to be set for a network card to

function correctly

• Determine how network cards are configured under the plug and play and

PCMCIA architectures

• Specify the uses for a protocol analyzer

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The network driver is a program used to provide an interface between the network card

and the higher-level protocols. It spans the data link and network layers of the OSI ...