IPX/SPX

E182433

communications protocol network protocol suite

IPX/SPX is a legacy network protocol suite originally developed by Novell for NetWare environments, commonly used in older LANs and early PC gaming before being superseded by TCP/IP.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
IPX/SPX canonical	2
Internetwork Packet Exchange	1
Sequenced Packet Exchange	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communications protocol ⓘ network protocol suite ⓘ
addressingScheme	network.node.socket ⓘ
addressSize	80-bit address ⓘ
basedOn	Xerox Network Systems ⓘ
configuration	typically auto-configured network numbers in NetWare ⓘ
declineReason	widespread adoption of TCP/IP ⓘ
designGoal	efficient LAN communication ⓘ low overhead compared to TCP/IP (on early hardware) ⓘ
developedBy	Novell ⓘ
encapsulation	Ethernet II ⓘ FDDI ⓘ IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard ⓘ surface form: IEEE 802.3 Token Ring ⓘ
eraOfPopularity	1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ
errorControl	SPX error recovery ⓘ
flowControl	SPX flow control ⓘ
inspiredBy	XNS IDP ⓘ XNS SPP ⓘ
layer	network layer ⓘ transport layer ⓘ
networkNumberSize	32-bit network number ⓘ
networkProtocol	IPX/SPX self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Internetwork Packet Exchange
nodeNumberSize	48-bit node number ⓘ
nodeNumberType	MAC address ⓘ
primaryVendorSupport	Novell ⓘ surface form: Novell NetWare
protocolFamily	IPX ⓘ SPX ⓘ
reliabilityMechanism	acknowledgments in SPX ⓘ sequence numbers in SPX ⓘ
routingSupport	RIP for IPX ⓘ SAP (Service Advertising Protocol) ⓘ distance-vector routing ⓘ
status	legacy protocol ⓘ
supersededBy	TCP/IP ⓘ
supportedBy	DOS-based network stacks ⓘ Windows 9x ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Windows (legacy versions)
supports	connection-oriented transport service ⓘ connectionless network layer service ⓘ
transportProtocol	IPX/SPX self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sequenced Packet Exchange
typicalUse	client-server applications ⓘ file and print services ⓘ multiplayer games ⓘ
usedFor	computer networking ⓘ
usedIn	Novell NetWare environments ⓘ early PC gaming ⓘ local area networks ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windows 98 → supportsNetworkingProtocol → IPX/SPX ⓘ

Windows 2000 → networkProtocolSupport → IPX/SPX ⓘ

IPX/SPX → transportProtocol → IPX/SPX self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sequenced Packet Exchange

IPX/SPX → networkProtocol → IPX/SPX self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Internetwork Packet Exchange