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The Interpeak Networking Applications is a collection of four fundamental
networking modules: DNS Client, DHCP Client, FTP Client/Server and
TFTP Client/Server:
- DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - handles the task
of configuring network devices with an IP address and other information
about the network. With DHCP the entire process of configuring
devices on a network gets automated.
- DNS - Domain Name Services - is a service that maps symbolical
computer names to IP addresses. This means that a system doesn't
have to know the IP addresses of all peer systems in advance;
it can ask a DNS server for that information.
- FTP - File Transfer Protocol - remains one of the most widely
used protocols to transfer files across the Internet. Most Internet
hosts contain FTP software by default, enabling file transfer
to be performed in a uniform way.
- TFTP - Trivial File Transfer Protocol - is a file transfer protocol
like FTP, but was designed to be used when bootstrapping diskless
systems. Since both the bootstrapping software and a protocol
stack must fit in read-only memory on such systems, TFTP only
provides basic file transfer functionality.
All four modules are designed for both IPv4 and IPv6 operation*,
and are optimized for deployment in embedded systems. They are delivered
in ANSI compliant C source code, with ready-to-run RTOS integration
containing makefiles etc.
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