Network devices with multiple direct memory access channels and methods thereof

A method, computer readable medium, and a system for communicating with networked clients and servers through a network device is disclosed. A first network data packet is received at a first port of a network device. The first network data packet is destined for a first executing application of a plurality of executing applications operating in the network device. The plurality of executing applications are associated with corresponding application drivers utilizing independent and unique direct memory access (DMA) channels. A first DMA channel is identified, wherein the first DMA channel is mapped to the first port and associated with a first application driver corresponding to the first executing application. The first network data packet is transmitted to the first executing application over the first identified DMA channel.