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- IPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange) is a networking protocol from Novell that interconnects networks that use Novell's NetWare clients and servers. IPX is a datagram or packet protocol. IPX works at the Network layer of communication protocols and is connectionless (that is, it doesn't require that a connection be maintained during an exchange of packets as, for example, a regular voice phone call does).

Packet acknowledgment is managed by another Novell protocol, the Sequenced Packet Exchange (SPX). Other related Novell NetWare protocols are: the Routing Information Protocol (RIP), the Service Advertising Protocol (SAP), and the NetWare Link Services Protocol (NLSP).

CONTRIBUTORS:	Courtney Hodges
LAST UPDATED:	11 Apr 2007

Read more about IPX:

-	You can find IPX in Layer 3 of the OSI network model .
-	Compucom provides another layered view of IPX and SPX .
-	Lexicon Consulting shows IPX and SPX header formats .
-	Visit SearchNetworking.com for more information on Internetwork Packet Exchange.

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