diff -r 43e37759235e -r 51a74ef9ed63 Symbian3/SDK/Source/GUID-F8482AFB-BD49-5EF2-8092-EAA11862F9C4.dita --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/Symbian3/SDK/Source/GUID-F8482AFB-BD49-5EF2-8092-EAA11862F9C4.dita Wed Mar 31 11:11:55 2010 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ + + + + + +What +is Network Interface Management (NifMan)?This topic describes NifMan and how it works. +
Introduction

Network interfaces enable mobile +devices to connect to a network. NifMan is a Symbian platform component that +creates and manages network interfaces. Agent plug-ins set up the network +interfaces. NIF plug-ins allow data to be transferred over the interface.

NIF +plug-ins allow the NIF to be configured over a network interface such as PPP +(Point-to-Point Protocol) before a higher-level protocol such as TCP/IP is +started. This functionality allows actions such as obtaining and setting of +the IP address for the interface. Providing configuration functionality as +a plug-in allows new configuration mechanisms to be added without rewriting +the NIF. This allows a configuration plug-in to be used with different NIFs.

In +Symbian platform the functionality of the NifMan component has +been replaced by the architecture changes for the Comms +Architecture. The NIFs have been changed so that they are Stack Nodes.

The Nifman component contains the following agent +Stack Nodes: Subconnection Provider Agent node, Agent Connection Provider +node, Tunnel Agent Connection Provider node. These nodes are used when building +a Link layer. For example, the Ethernet protocol Flow node and Ethernet protocol +MCPR node can be used with the Agent Subconnection Provider node and the Agent +Connection Provider node. Nifman also contains an Agent Tier Manager node.

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+Architecture + +
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