Saturday, February 9, 2008

Internetwork Packet Exchange

The Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) is a Protocol of net to the level network of the model DARES, of the battery of protocols IPX/SPX, that it came used in origin for the exchange of packages in the nets NetWare di Novell. Because of the popolarità of NetWare between the end of years 1980 and the half of years 1990, the IPX divenne a protocol of internetworking much diffusing. Novell derived the IPX from protocol IDP of Xerox Network Services.

The IPX use is in a generalized manner decline in how much the boom of Internet has rendered the TCP/IP practically universal. Computers and nets can use more protocols than net, therefore nearly all situated the IPX use also TCP/IP in order to allow the connettività to Internet. It is also possible to use the products of Novell without IPX, in how much NetWare supports is IPX that TCP/IP end from version 5.

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