From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 25 03:20:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA26034 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 03:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from extrouter.test.cdu.elektra.ru ([193.125.114.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA25987; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 03:19:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhub.cdu.ru (mailhub.cdu.ru [172.16.10.50]) by extrouter.test.cdu.elektra.ru (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id OAA01667; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 14:18:16 +0400 (MSD) Received: from mailhub.cdu.ru (Win95.cdu.ru [172.16.2.10]) by mailhub.cdu.ru (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id OAA01364; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 14:17:57 +0400 (MSD) Message-Id: <199707251017.OAA01364@mailhub.cdu.ru> From: "Pavel P. Zabortsev" To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" Cc: "FreeBSD questions" , "FreeBSD isp" Subject: Re: FreeBSD + IPX Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 14:09:50 +0400 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1157 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Pavel P. Zabortsev wrote: > > > Again about IPX on FreeBSD. > > I want to use one of my PC with FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE as gateway between > > two LAN, where an IP traffic and an IPX traffic is. I've known there is an > > IPX router (called as IPXrouted) in FreeBSD. But it supports only IPX/SPX > > over Ethernet_II frame type 0x8137, but I need Ethernet_802.2. :-( > > > > If somebody use FreeBSD as IPX router, write me, please. > > FreeBSD does not support frame types other than Ethernet_II. How many > PCs are there? It is impossible to change to Ethernet_II? I haven't enough expirience in IPX and I don't know how IPX's frame type depends on number of PCs! But I think that Ethernet_II is a frame type for IP, and Ethernet_802.2 is a frame type for IPX. Correct me If I think wrong. Yours sincerely, Pavel ----------------------------------------------------------- Pavel P. Zabortsev, software engineer CDO UPS of Russia Tel.: (095) 220-4513, 220-4350 E-mail: ppz@cdu.elektra.ru ppz@usa.net -----------------------------------------------------------