Internet Packet Exchange Protocol (IPX) is a legacy network protocol supported by the Novell NetWare operating system to transmit packets in the Internet. IPX is a Dataset Agreement-free communication-similar to Internet Protocol (IP) in the TCP / IP Protocol group. High-level protocols such as SPX and NCP mainly provide error-recovery services.
With the support of the DISTANCE Vector Routing Protocol, such as the Routing Information Protocol (RIP: Routing Information Protocol) or Link Status Protocol (NLSP: NetWare Link-State Protocol), IPX has the best path selection function.
Novell IPX has a unique network address, a hexadecimal representation. It consists of two parts: the network number and the node number. The IPX network number is assigned by the network administrator, the address length is 32. The node number, usually refers to a media access control (MAC) address for a system network interface card (MAC), 48 digits. With the MAC address, the system can deliver the node to determine the MAC address used by the data link.
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