Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:45:48 +0800 From: Andy <mfwong@mol.net.my> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Questions on IPX-to-IP gateway Message-ID: <3303D1DC.6B46@mol.net.my>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi, I've come across IPX-to-IP gateway products and have read about some recommendation from magazines where Performance Technology's Instant Internet is best rate while BSDI's Internet Gateway is the worst among the 8 products they tested. I have a few questions: 1) Can anyone tell me in more detail about how this IPX-to-IP thingy works ? I know as much as the fact that it replaces winsock.dll with a replacement winsock lib and it receives winsock apps "data" using IPX! This is the part which I do not understand. How is winsock API handled with normal winsock.dll otherwise, I mean for both API call and apps "data", and how those IPX-to-IP handle them ? Can someone point me to more detailed technical description ? 2) In BSDI's literature, it mentions, there will be no dual-stack for the IPX workstation, but what about replacement winsock.dll ? How much RAM is really saved with replacement winsock.dll in real life ? 3) Is the method of IPX-to-IP in 1) above considered protocol translation or not ? What are the differences ? 4) Is anyone working on this for FreeBSD ? Thank you very much ...
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3303D1DC.6B46>