This section covers extensions to Windows Sockets 2 that are specific to IPX family of transport protocols. It also describes aspects of base Windows Sockets 2 functions that require special consideration or which may exhibit unique behavior.
Fast Facts
| Protocol Name(s) | IPX, SPX |
| Description | Provides transport services over the IPX networking layer: IPX for unreliable datagrams, SPX for reliable, connection-oriented message streams. |
| Address Family | AF_IPX |
| Header File | WSIPX.H |