Open Transport: IPX Is Not Used For Internet Connections (9/95)

Does Open Transport send IPX packets when communicating through Internet connections such as an Internet Service Provider?
No. Open Transport uses TCP/IP for Internet communication and does not use the IPX protocol Internet connections, the IPX protocol is used with Novell Netware servers. As of September 1995, there is no Open Transport IPX driver from Apple Computer. For more information on IPX and Open Transport search the Technical Information Library for the following articles:

Open Transport: Unable To Get Ethernet Address (8/95)
Open Transport 1.0.7: Should Be Used (9/95)


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Published Date: Feb 19, 2012