Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 09:52:35 -0500 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NetBUI and/or IPX routing? Message-ID: <199601251452.JAA03512@etinc.com>
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>> We will be using Netware and NT between segments. Will this be possible >> in 2.1? > >With NT running SMB (e.g. LANMAN) protocols (e.g. LANMAN) over TCP/IP, you >can do this already. If you wish to use the FreeBSD box as a file server, >then chase up the SAMBA port. > >> How about in 2.2? > >AFAIK "-current" has early IPX support although I've not (yet) tried it. > >NETBEUI is unlikely to be supported .. ever .. even MS have (effectively) >dropped it seriously reducing anyone's interest in making it fly. > >This raises a question of mine .. is it possible to have one Novell server >on one ethernet segment and none on another (workstation) side ? I gather >that I need to specify a different Novell "network number" on each side of >the FreeBSD box but does this prevent me from using a "far" server as my >nearest ? Emerging Technologies has an add-on product which will route IPX traffic between ethernet segments (see www.etinc.com/server.htm). Currently, the product is only available in our Comm board driver, however. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX
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