Avatar UDP/IP Thin Stack

This product is primarily designed to be a small and efficient "thin" stack which provides UDP over IP services. This product will not route between interfaces.

Key Benefits

• Small, fast, and efficient UDP/IP stack written entirely in ANSI "C".
• Provides User Datagram Protocol (UDP) layer interface for SNMP or other applications. UDP services conform to RFC 768.
• Provides Address Resolution Protocol services per RFC 826 for Internet Address to hardware address mapping.
• Responds to Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo (ping) requests per RFC 792 for reachability testing.
• Can be configured to use Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP) per RFC 903 to discover its own IP address using a RARP server.
• Can be configured to use Boot Protocol (BOOTP) per RFC 951 to discover its own IP address using a BOOTP server. Support for CMU or RFC 1048 style vender specific information to determine the network subnet mask.
• Can use ICMP Netmask Request protocol to determine the network subnet mask.
• Supports packet fragmentation and reassembly.
• Very flexible with many compile time options for customization.
• Simple and efficient API with only 8 function calls total. Complete man pages, porting guide, and example programs provided.

The reference manual for the UDP/IP Thin Stack is available in Microsoft Word for Windows format. To download a copy, click here.

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Last modified: July 30, 2005