Network redirector

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A network redirector, or redirector, is an operating system driver that sends data to and receives data from a remote device. A network redirector provides mechanisms to locate, open, read, write, and delete files and submit print jobs.

It provides application services such as named pipes and MailSlots. When an application needs to send or receive data from a remote device, it sends a call to the redirector. The redirector provides the functionality of the application layer and presentation layer of the OSI model.

In Microsoft Networking, the network redirectors are implemented as Installable File Systems (IFS).

This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, which is licensed under the GFDL.