Netware

Netware

Physical and Data-Link layers use existing standards
IPX - Internetwork Packet Exchange (Connectionless)
SPX - Sequence Packet Exchange - Transport Layer
SAP - Service Advertisement Protocol (Servers and Routers)
Netware OSI Model

Addressing

IPX Network Address
  • Unique across whole Netware environment (No subnets)
  • 80 Bits - Hexadecimal - 20 digits
Network Number (32 bits - usually IPv4 network address) . Network ID (48 bits - usually MAC Address)
192.168.2.0 (groups of 4 binary units) = C0A80200
C0A80200.0000.0C92.88FB
IPX Routing

Int s0
	IPX Network C0A80200 
	
ping
	Protocol:ipx
	
show ipx int s0
show ipx traffic

Routing

RIP, NLSP, or EIGRP

RIP

RIP enabled by default
Metric is TICK (Delay), hop count used as tie break
No compatible with IP RIP.
Max 16 hops.
show ipx route

IPX Packet

Checksum
2 bytes Not used, always FFFF
Packet Length
In Bytes
Transport Control
Hop count, increased on routers, dropped at 16
Packet Type
Upper layer protocol (NCP, SPX)
Destination Network
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Destination Node
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Destination Socket
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Source Network
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Source Node
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Source Socket
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Upper Layer Data
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Encapsulation

Frame
Netware
Cisco
ETH | IPX
ETHERNET_II
ARPA
802.3 | IPX
ETHERNET_802.3
NOVELL-ETHER
802.3 | 802.2 LLC | IPX
ETHERNET_802.2
SAP
802.3 | 802.2 LLC | SNAP | IPX
ETHERNET_SNAP
SNAP
SAP / SNAP support Ethernet, Token RIng or FDDI

SAP

Service Advertisment
Broadcast, router store and ack as proxy
Every 60 seconds