In
DOS
DOS (, ) is a family of disk-based operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers. The DOS family primarily consists of IBM PC DOS and a rebranded version, Microsoft's MS-DOS, both of which were introduced in 1981. Later compatible syste ...
and
Windows
Windows is a Product lining, product line of Proprietary software, proprietary graphical user interface, graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. It is grouped into families and subfamilies that cater to particular sec ...
, a network redirector, or redirector, is an
operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ...
driver that sends data to and receives data from a remote device. A network redirector provides mechanisms to locate, open, read, write, and delete files and submit print jobs.
It provides application services such as
named pipes and
MailSlots. When an application needs to send or receive data from a remote device, it sends a call to the redirector. The redirector provides the functionality of the
presentation layer of the
OSI model
The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model is a reference model developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that "provides a common basis for the coordination of standards development for the purpose of systems inter ...
.
Networks Hosts communicate through use of this client software: Shells, Redirectors and Requesters.
In
Microsoft Networking, the network redirectors are implemented as
Installable File System
The Installable File System (IFS) is a filesystem API in MS-DOS/ PC DOS 4.x, IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows that enables the operating system to recognize and load drivers for file systems.
History
When IBM and Microsoft were co-developing OS/ ...
(IFS) drivers.
See also
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Universal Naming Convention
A path (or filepath, file path, pathname, or similar) is a text string that uniquely specifies an item in a hierarchical file system. Generally, a path is composed of directory names, special directory specifiers and optionally a filename, separ ...
(UNC)
References
External links
Network Redirector Driversat
Microsoft Docs
Microsoft Docs was a library of technical documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals who work with Microsoft products. The Microsoft Docs website provided technical specifications, conceptual articles, tutorials, guides, API ...
Device drivers
Operating system technology
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