NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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NetWare Glossary
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For example, NetWare Services processes communicate using variables
stored in shared memory. Access to the shared memory is synchronized
using variable granularity locks.
NetWare Services also uses streams and message queues for IPC.
See “Synchronization services.”
IPX
See “Internetwork Packet eXchange (IPX).”
IPX external network number
A four-byte network address that identifies a specific logical network or
LAN on an IPX internetwork. All NetWare servers, routers, and clients
cabled to that segment and using a common frame type must use the same
network address.
It is an arbitrary hexadecimal number, one to eight digits (1 to FFFFFFFE)
assigned when the IPX protocol is bound to a network board in the server.
You can bind IPX with two different frame types (such as IEEE 802.2 and
802.3) to the same network board, but each frame type must be given a
unique logical IPX external network number, even though both frame types
are bound to the same network board and physical cable segment.
The terms network number and network address are sometimes used to refer
to the IPX external network number.
See also: “IPX internal network number”; “IPX internetwork address”;
“Network numbering.”
IPX internal network number
A logical network number that identifies an individual NetWare server. Each
server on a network must have a unique IPX internal network number.
The IPX internal network number is a hexadecimal number, one to eight
digits (1 to FFFFFFFE), and is assigned to the server during installation and
specified in the configuration file.