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P REFACE Purpose of This Guide This implementation of the Data Link Provider Interface (DLPI) provides connection oriented access to several data link protocols. It supports connection establishment, flow-controlled data transfer, a resynchronization mechanism and connection teardown. Knowledge Requirements The discussion in this manual assumes the reader is familiar with the DLPI protocol[1] and has some understanding of ATT STREAMS [2]. Some knowledge of the Network Management Interface [3] described in GCOM’s UNIX Streams Administrator’s Guide is useful but not required. FEBRUARY 2002 PAGE I