Data Link Switching

Data Link Switching ( DLSW ) is a network protocol for transmitting non- routable protocols over TCP / IP. With DLSW SNA and NetBIOS can data in a TCP / IP network dynamically forwarded (routed ) will be.

DLSW was developed in 1992 by IBM and described in RFC 1993 1434. In 1995 DLSW was set out in detail in RFC 1795 Version 1. With RFC 2166 1997 version 2 by Cisco developed their own extensions followed on what is referred to as DLSW .