network redirector


network redirector

(networking)An operating system driver that sends data toand receives data from a remote device. A network redirectoroften provides mechanisms to locate, open, read, write, anddelete files and submit print jobs.

It also makes available application services such as named pipes and mailslots. When an application needs to send orreceive data from a remote device, it sends a call to theredirector. The redirector provides the functionality of theApplication layer and Presentation layer of the OSImodel.

In Microsoft Networking, the network redirectors areimplemented as installable file systems (IFS).