NetWare 4.1/9000 Utilities Reference

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Server Utilities
npsd
Daemon or Driver Explanation
IPX This driver provides IPX protocol services. IPX
is a connectionless, unreliable protocol. The
device name for this driver is /dev/ipx.
RIPX (IPX Router) This driver provides IPX routing information by
creating and managing a router information table,
including distance to the network (ticks), number
of routers to traverse (hops), and the router on the
local network used to send packets to the
network.
RIPX can be a participant or can be set to only
listen to routing information (using nwcm
router_type). The device name for the driver is in
nwcm router_driver_name.
Default: /dev/ripx.
SPXII (Enhanced
Sequenced Packet
Exchange)
This driver provides a connection-oriented,
reliable protocol. It functions on top of IPX and
adds session services.
In addition to the services provided by SPX™,
SPXII supports true protocol windows and
negotiation of packet size upon the establishment
of a connection.
SPXII is a message or session protocol whereas
SPX is primarily a packet sequencing protocol.
The device name for this driver is /dev/nspx2.
Enable SPXII with the nwcm spx parameter.
nwumpsd This daemon monitors the NetWare protocol
stack statistics and passes them on to the SNMP
agent.
Network Management Consoles can access and
display NetWare protocol stack statistics from the
SNMP agent.
Enable nwumpsd using nwcm nwumps.