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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. NWLink
IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport is Microsoft's implementation of
the Novell IPX/SPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet
Exchange) protocol stack. The Windows XP implementation of the IPX/SPX
protocol stack adds NetBIOS support. The main function of NWLink is to
act as a transport protocol to route packets through internetworks. By
itself, the NWLink protocol does not allow you to access the data across
the network. If you want to access NetWare File and Print Services, you
must install NWLink and Client Services for NetWare (software that works
at the upper layers of the OSI model to allow access to File and Print
services). One advantage of using NWLink is that is easy to install and
configure.
