IPX - Internetwork Packet Exchange

pcapkit.protocols.internet.ipx contains IPX only, which implements extractor for Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) *, whose structure is described as below:

Octets	Bits	Name	Description
0	0	ipx.cksum	Checksum
2	16	ipx.len	Packet Length (header includes)
4	32	ipx.count	Transport Control (hop count)
5	40	ipx.type	Packet Type
6	48	ipx.dst	Destination Address
18	144	ipx.src	Source Address

class pcapkit.protocols.internet.ipx.IPX(file=None, length=None, **kwargs)

Bases: Internet[IPX]

This class implements Internetwork Packet Exchange.

Parameters

• *args (Any) – Arbitrary positional arguments.

• **kwargs (Any) – Arbitrary keyword arguments.

Return type

Protocol[PT]

classmethod __index__()

Numeral registry index of the protocol.

Return type

TransType

Returns

Numeral registry index of the protocol in IANA.

property name: Literal['Internetwork Packet Exchange']

Name of corresponding protocol.

Return type

Literal[‘Internetwork Packet Exchange’]

property length: Literal[30]

Header length of corresponding protocol.

Return type

Literal[30]

property protocol: TransType

Name of next layer protocol.

Return type

TransType

property src: str

Source IPX address.

Return type

str

property dst: str

Destination IPX address.

Return type

str

read(length=None, **kwargs)

Read Internetwork Packet Exchange.

Args:

length: Length of packet data. **kwargs: Arbitrary keyword arguments.

Returns

Parsed packet data.

Return type

DataType_IPX

Parameters

• length (Optional[int]) –

• kwargs (Any) –

make(**kwargs)

Make (construct) packet data.

Parameters

**kwargs (Any) – Arbitrary keyword arguments.

Returns

Constructed packet data.

Return type

bytes

_read_ipx_address()

Read IPX address field.

Return type

Address

Returns

Parsed IPX address field.

Data Structures

class pcapkit.protocols.data.internet.ipx.IPX(chksum, len, count, type, dst, src)

Bases: Info

Data model for Internetwork Packet Exchange.

Parameters

• *args (VT) – Arbitrary positional arguments.

• **kwargs (VT) – Arbitrary keyword arguments.

Return type

Info

chksum: bytes

Checksum.

len: int

Packet length (header includes).

count: int

Transport control (hop count).

type: Packet

Packet type.

dst: Address

Destination Address.

src: Address

Source Address.

class pcapkit.protocols.data.internet.ipx.Address(network, node, socket, addr)

Bases: Info

Data model for IPX address.

Parameters

• *args (VT) – Arbitrary positional arguments.

• **kwargs (VT) – Arbitrary keyword arguments.

Return type

Info

network: str

Network number (: separated).

node: str

Node number (- separated).

socket: Socket

Socket number (: separated).

addr: str

Full address (: separated).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internetwork_Packet_Exchange