From owner-freebsd-net Tue Nov 3 23:39:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA09899 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 23:39:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from SIMULTAN.CH (eunet-gw.simultan.ch [194.191.191.82] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA09886 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 23:39:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tseidmann@simultan.ch) Received: from simultan.ch (wsaltis-053.SIMULTAN.CH [192.92.128.53]) by SIMULTAN.CH (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA18787; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 08:39:09 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <3640049D.ABC8E3D6@simultan.ch> Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 08:39:09 +0100 From: Thomas Seidmann X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: GVB CC: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPX Routing References: <199811032339.PAA13534@abused.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org GVB wrote: > > Hello. We have a Novell Server here using IPX. I have a FreeBSD machine > plugged into the IPX Network, as well as TCP/IP. The machine has another > network card in it which uses DHCP and a reserved network for another set > of machines. I would like to route IPX through the network cards to allow > the machines on the reserved network to be able to talk to the Novell > Server. I have not found much documentation on this, where do I start? > Thanks. Take a look at ifconfig(8), it has an option for specifying IPX network addresses. Next, take a look at IPXrouted(8). Beware: the FreeBSD networking code supports only ETHERNET_II frames. I've hacked if_ethersubr.c to support ETHERNET_802.3 instead, it;s easy (you can have the hacked version if you want). Supporting more than one frame type for the IPX protocol is a no-no in FreeBSD. Hope it helps. Thomas > GVB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message