NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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NetWare Glossary
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See also: “TCP/IP.”
Internetwork
Two or more networks connected by a router.
Users on an internetwork can use the resources (files, printers, hard disks) of
all connected networks, provided they have security clearance.
See also: “Router.”
Internetwork Packet eXchange (IPX)
A Novell communication protocol that sends data packets to requested
destinations (for example, workstations and servers).
IPX addresses and routes outgoing data packets across a network. It reads
the assigned addresses of returning data and directs the data to the proper
area within the workstation’s or NetWare server’s operating system.
IPX is closely linked with other programs and routines that help in the
network data-transmission process.
The NetWare DOS Requester prepares data packets in a form
understandable to the intended destination before handing them to IPX.
The IPXODI.COM file then uses the services of a LAN driver routine to
control the station’s network board for data delivery.
IPX can route and accept data packets through physically different networks
and workstations.
See also: “Communication protocol”; “IPXODI”; “LAN driver, client”;
“LAN driver, client”; “Open Data-Link Interface (ODI).”
Internetwork Packet eXchange Open Data-Link Interface
(IPXODI)
A module that takes workstation requests that the DOS Requester has
determined are for the network, packages them with transmission
information (such as their destination), and hands them to the link support
layer (LSL).