IPX/SPX Technical Notes on NetWare Networks

• There is no need to enable Source Routing on token ring networks if the communication is on the same ring, even if one computer has it enabled.
• SPX-II is a protocol definition for windowing and transmitting large packets over SPX. You can run any SPX-II application under Windows 95 using the IPX/SPX-compatible protocol. The related Novell-supplied file TLI.DLL must be available on the computer to support SPX-II.
• The IPX/SPX-compatible protocol in Windows 95 uses NET.CFG parameters for NetBIOS over IPX on NetWare networks. However, it should not be necessary for you to configure these parameters, because most parameters are dynamic and self-adjusting. (When you install Windows 95 with protected-mode networking components, NET.CFG and SHELL.CFG parameters are moved to the Registry.)
• To determine the network address in IPX packets, Windows 95 checks the wire for RIP packets and chooses the most likely address. The network address is dynamic and changes when a new network address becomes more prevalent.
• All Transport Layer Interface (TLI) libraries can run on the IPX/SPX-compatible protocol in Windows 95. TLI is similar to TDI in Microsoft networking as a layer between the protocol and network adapter driver; this implementation is similar to STREAMS and provides a STREAMS environment for NetWare, but Windows 95 uses Windows Sockets instead.