NWLink packages data to be compatible with client/server services on NetWare Networks. However, NWLink does not provide access to NetWare File and Print Services. To access the File and Print Services the Client Service for NetWare needs to be installed.
NWLink connects NetWare servers through the Gateway Service for NetWare or Client Service for NetWare and provides the transport protocol that connects Windows operating systems to IPX/SPX NetWare networks and compatible operating systems. NWLink supports NetBIOS and Windows Sockets application programming interfaces (API).
NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport is Microsoft's implementation of the Novell IPX/SPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange) protocol stack. The Windows XP implementation of the IPX/SPX protocol stack adds NetBIOS support. The main function of NWLink is to act as a transport protocol to route packets through internetworks. By itself, the NWLink protocol does not allow you to access the data across the network. If you want to access NetWare File and Print Services, you must install NWLink and Client Services for NetWare (software that works at the upper layers of the OSI model to allow access to file and print services). One advantage of using NWLink is that is easy to install and configure.[citation needed]
Configuring NWLink IPX/SPXedit
The only options that are configured for NWLink are the internal network number and the frame type. Normally, you leave both settings at their default values. The internal network number is commonly used to identify NetWare file servers. It is also used when you are running File and Print Services for NetWare or using IPX routing. The frame type specifies how the data is packaged for transmission over the network. If the computers that are using NWLink use different frame types, they are not able to communicate with each other. The default setting for frame type is Auto Detect, which will attempt to automatically choose a compatible frame type for your network. If you need to connect to servers that use various frame types, you should configure Manual Frame Type Detection, which will allow you to use a different frame type for each network.
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nwlink, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, provides, insufficient, context, those, unfamiliar, with, subject, please, help, improve, article. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject Please help improve the article by providing more context for the reader October 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article may be too technical for most readers to understand Please help improve it to make it understandable to non experts without removing the technical details May 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message NWLink is Microsoft s implementation of Novell s IPX SPX protocols 1 2 NWLink includes an implementation of NetBIOS atop IPX SPX NWLink packages data to be compatible with client server services on NetWare Networks However NWLink does not provide access to NetWare File and Print Services To access the File and Print Services the Client Service for NetWare needs to be installed NWLink connects NetWare servers through the Gateway Service for NetWare or Client Service for NetWare and provides the transport protocol that connects Windows operating systems to IPX SPX NetWare networks and compatible operating systems NWLink supports NetBIOS and Windows Sockets application programming interfaces API NWLink protocols are as follows SPX SPXII IPX Service Advertising Protocol SAP Routing Information Protocol RIP NetBIOS ForwarderNWLink also provides the following functionalities Runs other communication protocol stacks such as Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP Uses multiple frame types for network adapter binding 3 Using NWLink IPX SPX NetBIOS editNWLink IPX SPX NetBIOS Compatible Transport is Microsoft s implementation of the Novell IPX SPX Internetwork Packet Exchange Sequenced Packet Exchange protocol stack The Windows XP implementation of the IPX SPX protocol stack adds NetBIOS support The main function of NWLink is to act as a transport protocol to route packets through internetworks By itself the NWLink protocol does not allow you to access the data across the network If you want to access NetWare File and Print Services you must install NWLink and Client Services for NetWare software that works at the upper layers of the OSI model to allow access to file and print services One advantage of using NWLink is that is easy to install and configure citation needed Configuring NWLink IPX SPX editThe only options that are configured for NWLink are the internal network number and the frame type Normally you leave both settings at their default values The internal network number is commonly used to identify NetWare file servers It is also used when you are running File and Print Services for NetWare or using IPX routing The frame type specifies how the data is packaged for transmission over the network If the computers that are using NWLink use different frame types they are not able to communicate with each other The default setting for frame type is Auto Detect which will attempt to automatically choose a compatible frame type for your network If you need to connect to servers that use various frame types you should configure Manual Frame Type Detection which will allow you to use a different frame type for each network References edit NWLink Microsoft Archived from the original on February 1 2008 Understanding NWLink Microsoft January 21 2005 Archived from the original on April 22 2008 What is NetWare Link NWLink Definition from Techopedia Techopedia com Retrieved 2019 06 05 nbsp This computer networking article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NWLink amp oldid 1085096414, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
