Method and apparatus for TCP/IP multihoming on a host system configured with multiple independent transport provider systems
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Sep 12, 2000
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Dec 29, 1997
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Dec 29, 1997
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A multihomed host system is configured with independent front end processor transport providers, each having its own network protocol stack and each being connected to a different TCP/IP network or subnetwork or to different portions of the same network which in turn connects to an internetnetwork. The host system software includes a TCP/IP Transport Agent located between a sockets interface and the host system's input/output supervisor and driver facilities. The TCP/IP Transport Agent is enhanced to include a FEP Multihoming and Routing component for providing a multihoming capability. The FEP Multihoming and Routing component utilizes a plurality of components which are configured from the same administrator supplied configuration and static routing information furnished to the FEPs for configuring their respective TCP/IP stack facilities. When so configured, the TCP/IP Transport Agent is able to provide full multihoming support for a variety of requests from the different types of applications being run on the host system.
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