The IPX (Internetwork Packet Exchage) protocol is the level 3 (Network) protocol used by NetWare to
send the packets on the network.
It's a protocol without connection using datagrams to send the information, such as the IP protocol by
Internet. All the tasks to check the connection and the packets are delegated to the upper level protocols.
As for all the network protocols, the IPX network address of an host has to be unique. The structure of
these addresses is characterized by: