[comp.sys.novell] IPX Specification

meyer@cambium.uoregon.edu (David M. Meyer) (05/17/91)

	Does anyone have a specification of IPX (or, the protocol
	suite in general)? Failing that, does anyone have a list
	of the IPX type in use?

	Thanks,

	Dave

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Bruce_H_Ring@cup.portal.com (05/26/91)

In a posting, meyer@cambium.uoregon.edu (David M. Meyer)
asks:

> Does anyone have a specification of IPX (or, the protocol
> suite in general)?

There are descriptions of IPX and SPX in:

	_LAN Protocol Handbook_
	Mark A. Miller, 1990
	M&T Books (1-800-533-4372)

	_Programmer's Guide to NetWare_
	Charles G. Rose, 1990
	McGraw-Hill (1-800-2-MCGRAW)

	_NetWare System Interface Technical Overview_
	Novell

> Does anyone have a list of the IPX type in use?

If you mean the packet type field in the IPX packet,
these are the values:

	0	Unknown packet
	1	Routing Information Packet (RIP)
	2	Echo packet
	3	Error packet
	4	Packet Exchange Packet (PEP)
	5	Sequenced Packet Protocol (SPP)
	16 - 31	Experimental
	17	NetWare Core Protocol (NCP)

Bruce Ring
Gupta Technologies, Inc.
bruce_h_ring@cup.portal.com