Novell IPX Protocol

In this chapter I learned how Novell's IPX protocol behaves on my schools network. The school district has approved the implementation of a workgroup server in each of the computer labs at each of the school sites. The computer labs are located on the curriculum LAN segments of each site. The condition for implementation is that only Netware file server services can be advertised across the school district network to other curriculum LAN segments. Learning Objectives General Connectionless data packet delivery over a network is - data packet delivery over a network without the existance of a virtual circuit. Novell IPX Protocol 1) IPX addresses have the following format - 32 bits for the network portion, and 48 bits for the node number. 2) IPX network numbers are assigned - by a network administrator. 3) IPX's Service Advertisement Protocol (SAP) is used to - advertise network services. 4) The three major types of SAP advertisements are - GNS,NCP and SPX 5) Novell's client server network concept is - Where SAP is used to provide services to clients using dedicated servers. 6) The function and process of Get Nearest Server (GNS) in a Novell network - To locate the nearest server for login. Routing 1) Multiprotocol routing is when - more than one protocol is used on one router. 2) The flow of SAP advertisements across a network is controlled by a router in the following way (describe the specific router function) - Routers do not forward SAP advertisements. Instead, each router builds its own SAP table and forwards the SAP table to other routers. By default this occurs at every 60 seconds. The router can use access lists to control the SAP's accepted or forwarded. In our district WAN we used IPX because - We made compatability an issue. Many networks currently use IPX and this was sort of a "just in case" cause. We want our network to be as compatable and functional as possible.