Obtaining Copies of the DLPI Specifications
You can obtain copies of the Data Link Provider Interface (DLPI) specifications electronically using File Transfer Protocol (FTP) commands. A postscript version of the DLPI specifications may be retrieved electronically by anonymous ftp from any of the following list of Internet hosts.
| Hosts | IP Address | Pathname |
|---|---|---|
| liasun3.epfl.ch | 128.178.155.12 | /pub/sun/dlpi |
| marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au | 134.7.1.1 | /pub/netman/dlpi |
| ftp.eu.net | 192.16.202.2 | /network/netman/dlpi |
| opcom.sun.ca | 142.77.1.61 | /pub/drivers/dlpi |
| ftp.cac.psu.edu | 128.118.2.23 | /pub/unix/netman/dlpi |
To retrieve the postscript DLPI specifications through anonymous ftp,
use the following example:
ftp ftp.eu.net
Connected to eunet.EU.net.
220-
220-Welcome to the central EUnet Archive,
220-
220 eunet.EU.net FTP server (Version wu-2.4(2) Jul 09 1993) ready.
Name (ftp.eu.net:jhaug):anonymous
ftp> user anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
ftp> cd /network/netman/dlpi
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> bin
200 Type set to I.
ftp> get dlpi.ps.Z
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for dlpi.ps.Z (479345 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
1476915 bytes received in 39.12 seconds (11.97 Kbyte/s)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
There is no guarantee that a public Internet server will always be available. If the above public Internet server host is not available, you might try using one of the Internet archive server listing services, such as Archie, to search for a public server that has the DLPI specifications.