How to function in the IPX network an Explain?
IPX Network
If I not wrong, IPX is a network protocol. Usualy using by Novell Netware. This link for more info -> http://docsrv.sco.com/SDK_netware/CTOC-Internetwork_Packet_Exchange_IPX_Protocol.html
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| How IPX works
IPX performs the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) network layer tasks of addressing, routing, and switching packets. IPX makes a ``best effort'' attempt to deliver packets to their destination; there is no guarantee or verification of successful delivery. Packet acknowledgment or connection control must be provided by protocols above IPX. Guaranteed services, such as SPXII, can be built over IPX. However, IPX is used whenever guaranteed service is not required (for example, in service advertising) and for applications where an occasional lost packet is not critical. The low overhead of IPX means speed and performance. IPX provides full internetwork addressing within a large address space. It defines network and socket numbers, while using the node addressing scheme of the network interface hardware for clients. This saves memory, bandwidth, and complexity. The IPX driver provides routing (RIP) services as well as IPX transport and addressing services. As LAN drivers for the network boards deliver packets to IPX, the IPX driver uses RIP to determine the route for packets outbound to other networks. Packets addressed to a local node are routed by IPX to the applications by using the socket numbers. |
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