File and print services ran on the NetWare Core Protocol ( NCP ) over IPX, as did Routing Information Protocol ( RIP ) and Service Advertising Protocol ( SAP ).
NetWare was based on the NetWare Core Protocol ( NCP ), which is a packet-based protocol that enables a client to send requests to and receive replies from a NetWare server.
SMB and NetWare Core Protocol ( NCP ) occur more often than NFS on systems running Microsoft Windows; AFP occurs more often than NFS in Apple Macintosh systems; and QFileSvr . 400 occurs more often in AS / 400 systems.
Alternative remote file access protocols include the Server Message Block ( SMB, also termed CIFS ), Apple Filing Protocol ( AFP ), NetWare Core Protocol ( NCP ), and OS / 400 File Server file system ( QFileSvr . 400 ).