Network redirector
Encyclopedia
A network redirector, or redirector, is an operating system
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 pipe
s and MailSlot
s. 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
.
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
s (IFS).
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
driver
Device driver
In computing, a device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device....
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 pipe
Named pipe
In computing, a named pipe is an extension to the traditional pipe concept on Unix and Unix-like systems, and is one of the methods of inter-process communication. The concept is also found in Microsoft Windows, although the semantics differ substantially...
s and MailSlot
MailSlot
A MailSlot is a type of interprocess communication that allows communication between processes both locally and over a network. The use of MailSlots is generally simpler than named pipes or sockets, but they are more limited.-Features:...
s. 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
Presentation layer
The presentation layer is layer 6 of the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking and serves as the data translator for the network. It is sometimes called the syntax layer.-Description:...
of the OSI model
OSI model
The Open Systems Interconnection model is a product of the Open Systems Interconnection effort at the International Organization for Standardization. It is a prescription of characterizing and standardizing the functions of a communications system in terms of abstraction layers. Similar...
.
Networks Hosts communicate through use of this client software: Shells, Redirectors and Requesters.
In Microsoft Networking
Server Message Block
In computer networking, Server Message Block , also known as Common Internet File System operates as an application-layer network protocol mainly used to provide shared access to files, printers, serial ports, and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network. It also provides an...
, the network redirectors are implemented as Installable File System
Installable File System
The Installable File System is a filesystem API in IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows that enables the operating system to recognize and load drivers for file systems...
s (IFS).