<s>
NWLink	B-Protocol
is	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
implementation	O
of	O
Novell	O
's	O
IPX/SPX	B-Protocol
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NWLink	B-Protocol
includes	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
NetBIOS	B-Protocol
atop	O
IPX/SPX	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
NWLink	B-Protocol
packages	O
data	O
to	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
client/server	O
services	O
on	O
NetWare	O
Networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
NWLink	B-Protocol
does	O
not	O
provide	O
access	O
to	O
NetWare	O
File	O
and	O
Print	O
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NWLink	B-Protocol
connects	O
NetWare	O
servers	O
through	O
the	O
Gateway	O
Service	O
for	O
NetWare	O
or	O
Client	O
Service	O
for	O
NetWare	O
and	O
provides	O
the	O
transport	O
protocol	O
that	O
connects	O
Windows	O
operating	O
systems	O
to	O
IPX/SPX	B-Protocol
NetWare	O
networks	O
and	O
compatible	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NWLink	B-Protocol
supports	O
NetBIOS	B-Protocol
and	O
Windows	O
Sockets	O
application	O
programming	O
interfaces	O
(	O
API	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NWLink	B-Protocol
protocols	O
are	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
NWLink	B-Protocol
also	O
provides	O
the	O
following	O
functionalities	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
NWLink	B-Protocol
IPX/SPX/NetBIOS	O
Compatible	O
Transport	O
is	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Novell	O
IPX/SPX	B-Protocol
(	O
Internetwork	O
Packet	O
Exchange/Sequenced	O
Packet	O
Exchange	O
)	O
protocol	O
stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
IPX/SPX	B-Protocol
protocol	O
stack	O
adds	O
NetBIOS	B-Protocol
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
function	O
of	O
NWLink	B-Protocol
is	O
to	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
transport	O
protocol	O
to	O
route	O
packets	O
through	O
internetworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
itself	O
,	O
the	O
NWLink	B-Protocol
protocol	O
does	O
not	O
allow	O
you	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
data	O
across	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
you	O
want	O
to	O
access	O
NetWare	O
File	O
and	O
Print	O
Services	O
,	O
you	O
must	O
install	O
NWLink	B-Protocol
and	O
Client	O
Services	O
for	O
NetWare	O
(	O
software	O
that	O
works	O
at	O
the	O
upper	O
layers	O
of	O
the	O
OSI	O
model	O
to	O
allow	O
access	O
to	O
file	O
and	O
print	O
services	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
advantage	O
of	O
using	O
NWLink	B-Protocol
is	O
that	O
is	O
easy	O
to	O
install	O
and	O
configure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
options	O
that	O
are	O
configured	O
for	O
NWLink	B-Protocol
are	O
the	O
internal	O
network	O
number	O
and	O
the	O
frame	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
internal	O
network	O
number	O
is	O
commonly	O
used	O
to	O
identify	O
NetWare	O
file	B-Application
servers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
when	O
you	O
are	O
running	O
File	O
and	O
Print	O
Services	O
for	O
NetWare	O
or	O
using	O
IPX	B-Protocol
routing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
computers	O
that	O
are	O
using	O
NWLink	B-Protocol
use	O
different	O
frame	O
types	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
not	O
able	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
