In the same way that extended IP access lists give you a more granular level of control over IP traffic, extended IPX access lists allow you a finer level of control over IPX traffic. Extended IPX access lists not only allow you to filter traffic based on source and destination IPX addresses, but also IPX […]

For the purpose of both the CCNA and CCDA, you’ll also need to be familiar with routing IPX traffic across an internetwork. Recall from Chapter 7 that IPX functionality is enabled on a router through the use of the ipx routing command. After issuing this command, you can assign IPX addresses to interfaces by providing […]

The IPX/SPX protocol suite isn’t nearly as orderly as others when it comes to mapping upper layer protocols to the OSI model. Many of the protocols found above the network layer span multiple OSI layers between Transport and Application. The mapping of the suite to the OSI model at the beginning of this section helps […]

Sequenced Packet Exchange (SPX) is the reliable transport protocol used by IPX when connection-oriented communication is required. Much like TCP, SPX uses sequence numbers and acknowledgments to be sure that data is reliably passed between hosts. Beginning with NetWare 4.0, a new (and backwards-compatible) version of SPX called SPX II was released, providing a sliding […]

IPX is the routable Network layer protocol of the Novell IPX/SPX protocol suite. Similar to IP, IPX is also connectionless, meaning that it leaves reliability to upper-layer protocols such as SPX. IPX addresses are used to uniquely identify hosts on an IPX network. While an IP address is comprised of 32 bits and is usually […]

NetWare protocols can run over a variety of different network technologies, similar to TCP/IP. For the purpose of keeping things simple, in this section we’ll concentrate on Ethernet. However, IPX can also be run over Token Ring, FDDI, ATM and a variety of WAN technologies. If you recall, Novell originally defined the 802.3 frame type […]

Similar to TCP/IP, the Netware or IPX/SPX protocol suite is actually made up of a number of protocols that serve different purposes in the network communication process. While the IPX/SPX suite has become less popular based on the widespread adoption of TCP/IP, it is still in use in many (especially larger) network environments.
The IPX/SPX suite […]

Often referred to by its acronym CSNW, Client Services for NetWare is a client redirector, which allows a Windows 2000-based system to connect and authenticate to a NetWare-based server and access the file system. CSNW should be installed when clients need to regularly access NetWare file or print servers. Often, CSNW is not installed in […]

Windows 2000 still supports some of the NetWare connectivity elements that you may be familiar with from Windows NT 4. The three main elements that you’ll need to be aware of are the configuration of NWLink, Client Services for NetWare (CSNW), and finally Gateway Services for NetWare (GSNW).
NWLink
NWLink is Microsoft’s version of Novell’s IPX/SPX transport […]