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NetWare Link/X.25 offers the following features:
These features are described in the following paragraphs.
NetWare Link/X.25 enables NetWare users to communicate concurrently with up to 256 distinct remote destinations over a single port (through a V.35, RS-422, or RS-232 interface). This allows users from geographically dispersed networks to share resources as if they were using one network.
NOTE: The number of distinct remote destinations is limited to 42 when the Internetwork Packet ExchangeTM (IPXTM) protocol is used.
NetWare Link/X.25 allows any internetworked LAN to share resources with any other LAN, even if the LANs are based on different technologies or use equipment from different manufacturers. The connection to a remote LAN is a virtual connection made over an X.25 public data network (PDN). You can establish or terminate the connection at any time. Often, this means that you pay only for the connect time and the amount of information you send while using the service.
NetWare Link/X.25 allows gateway applications (for example, SNA terminal-to-host) to communicate over X.25 PDNs.
NetWare Link/X.25 establishes a transparent link between LANs. By using connections called virtual circuits, the user with a DTE appears to have an exclusive connection with another DTE, when in reality, the communications links are being shared. The path or routing of information through networks is transparent and usually of no interest or concern to the user.
NetWare Link/X.25 allows you to route multiple protocols simultaneously across a single WAN link. NetWare servers gain the ability to route IPX, IP, and AppleTalk protocols simultaneously.
NetWare Link/X.25 supports bridging over X.25 consistent with RFC 1356, Multiprotocol Interconnect on X.25 and ISDN in the Packet Mode. A null protocol ID (0x00) is used in the Call User Data field to indicate the use of a multiplexed virtual circuit. Only bridged data can use this multiplexed virtual circuit. The multiplexed virtual circuit does not support routed data.
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