Chapter 4: Developing applications over IPX/SPX using TLI

Table of contents

• Chapter 4: Developing applications over IPX/SPX using TLI
  • Internet Packet Exchange (IPX)
  • Sequence Packet Exchange (SPX)
  • Service Advertising Protocol (SAP)
  • SCO IPX/SPX programming issues
    • Network byte ordering
    • IPX addresses
    • Socket numbers
    • Novell object types
  • Using the IPX protocol
    • Sequence of TLI functions for IPX
    • General characteristics of IPX
    • IPX packet structure
    • Accessing IPX
  • Using the SPX protocol
    • Sequence of TLI functions for SPX
    • SPX driver characteristics
    • SPX packet structure
    • Initializing SPX
    • Accessing SPX
  • Using the SAP protocol
    • SAP services
    • The Service Advertising Protocol daemon SAPD
    • Configuring and testing SAPD
    • SAP packets
    • Accessing SAP
  • For more about IPX/SPX