IPX/SPX
E182433
IPX/SPX is a legacy network protocol suite originally developed by Novell for NetWare environments, commonly used in older LANs and early PC gaming before being superseded by TCP/IP.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IPX/SPX canonical | 7 |
| IPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange) | 1 |
| Internetwork Packet Exchange | 1 |
| Novell IPX/SPX | 1 |
| Sequenced Packet Exchange | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1621443 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IPX/SPX Context triple: [Windows 98, supportsNetworkingProtocol, IPX/SPX]
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A.
X.25
X.25 is an early ITU-T packet-switched network protocol standard widely used for WAN communication before the rise of modern IP-based networks.
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B.
TCP/IP
TCP/IP is the fundamental communication protocol suite that enables data transmission and networking across the internet and most modern computer networks.
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C.
SCTP
SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) is a transport-layer network protocol designed to provide reliable, message-oriented communication with features like multi-streaming and multi-homing, often used for signaling and real-time data transmission.
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D.
SMB
SMB (Server Message Block) is a network file sharing protocol widely used in Windows environments to enable shared access to files, printers, and other network resources.
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E.
Teredo
Teredo is a tunneling protocol that enables IPv6 connectivity for devices on IPv4 networks, particularly those behind NAT.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IPX/SPX Target entity description: IPX/SPX is a legacy network protocol suite originally developed by Novell for NetWare environments, commonly used in older LANs and early PC gaming before being superseded by TCP/IP.
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A.
X.25
X.25 is an early ITU-T packet-switched network protocol standard widely used for WAN communication before the rise of modern IP-based networks.
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B.
TCP/IP
TCP/IP is the fundamental communication protocol suite that enables data transmission and networking across the internet and most modern computer networks.
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C.
SCTP
SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) is a transport-layer network protocol designed to provide reliable, message-oriented communication with features like multi-streaming and multi-homing, often used for signaling and real-time data transmission.
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D.
SMB
SMB (Server Message Block) is a network file sharing protocol widely used in Windows environments to enable shared access to files, printers, and other network resources.
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E.
Teredo
Teredo is a tunneling protocol that enables IPv6 connectivity for devices on IPv4 networks, particularly those behind NAT.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communications protocol
ⓘ
network protocol suite ⓘ |
| addressingScheme | network.node.socket ⓘ |
| addressSize | 80-bit address ⓘ |
| basedOn | Xerox Network Systems ⓘ |
| configuration | typically auto-configured network numbers in NetWare ⓘ |
| declineReason | widespread adoption of TCP/IP ⓘ |
| designGoal |
efficient LAN communication
ⓘ
low overhead compared to TCP/IP (on early hardware) ⓘ |
| developedBy | Novell ⓘ |
| encapsulation |
Ethernet II
ⓘ
FDDI ⓘ IEEE 802.3 ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard
Token Ring ⓘ |
| eraOfPopularity |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ |
| errorControl | SPX error recovery ⓘ |
| flowControl | SPX flow control ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
XNS IDP
ⓘ
XNS SPP ⓘ |
| layer |
network layer
ⓘ
transport layer ⓘ |
| networkNumberSize | 32-bit network number ⓘ |
| networkProtocol |
Internetwork Packet Exchange
ⓘ
linked to:
IPX/SPX
|
| nodeNumberSize | 48-bit node number ⓘ |
| nodeNumberType | MAC address ⓘ |
| primaryVendorSupport |
Novell NetWare
ⓘ
linked to:
Novell
|
| protocolFamily |
IPX
ⓘ
SPX ⓘ |
| reliabilityMechanism |
acknowledgments in SPX
ⓘ
sequence numbers in SPX ⓘ |
| routingSupport |
RIP for IPX
ⓘ
SAP (Service Advertising Protocol) ⓘ distance-vector routing ⓘ |
| status | legacy protocol ⓘ |
| supersededBy | TCP/IP ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
DOS-based network stacks
ⓘ
Microsoft Windows (legacy versions) ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 9x
|
| supports |
connection-oriented transport service
ⓘ
connectionless network layer service ⓘ |
| transportProtocol |
Sequenced Packet Exchange
ⓘ
linked to:
IPX/SPX
|
| typicalUse |
client-server applications
ⓘ
file and print services ⓘ multiplayer games ⓘ |
| usedFor | computer networking ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Novell NetWare environments
ⓘ
early PC gaming ⓘ local area networks ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IPX/SPX Description of subject: IPX/SPX is a legacy network protocol suite originally developed by Novell for NetWare environments, commonly used in older LANs and early PC gaming before being superseded by TCP/IP.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: IPX/SPX
linked to: IPX/SPX
linked to: IPX/SPX
linked to: IPX/SPX
subject linked to:
Windows Sockets 2 library