Ethernet LAN networking middleware
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networking middleware Mark 05-26-09
Posted by Mark on May 26, 2009, 2:05 am
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Hello

there are a few companies out there (for example, "IPinfusion" and its ZebOS
platform) delivering , as they call it, networking middleware providing
support of Layer 2/3 routing and switching protocols (as they claim, VLANs,
MAC bridging, 802.1x authentication, spanning tree protocols etc.).

I quite realize that routing protocols are very tightly bound to TCP/IP
stack of an operating system; but in my understanding, the Layer2 features I
mentioned above, are mainly implemented in hardware, so what would be done
in software then, what is the use of such software? Is such a middleware
serving as a abstraction layer betwenn ASIC and OS ?

Thanks in advance.

--
Mark



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