Re: dial-up vs ethernet

On 2007-12-16, Mike <michael.h.williamson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Dec 15, 11:51 pm, Grant Edwards <gra...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2007-12-16, Mike <michael.h.william...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Will a generic web-browser work with dial-up internet service
(over a modem)?

Yes.

If it normally used socket() type system calls for network
communication, what would it use instead?

It would still use socket() type system calls.

Thanks, that helps.

I am still curious, though.
Are the socket() calls not different? (PF_UNIX instead of PF_INET)

No.

How would the browser know?

Like I said before, it doesn't know and it doesn't need to know.

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