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Date:      Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:23:34 +0930
From:      Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
To:        Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   IPX problems
Message-ID:  <200308192223.34353.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>

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I wiish to retire a rather aging Linux box which has been providing=20
(amongst other things) access to a Novell file server.

The new box has has FreeBSD 4.8 installed and I have recompiled=20
the kernel with:
  options "IPX"
  options "NCP"

And appended to rc.conf
  ifconfig_rl0_ipx=3D"ipx 0x0000001B"=20
  ipxgateway_enable=3D"YES"=20
  ipxrouted_enable=3D"YES"

rl0 is also configured for an inet address and ifconfog reports
 rl0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 192.1.3.230 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.1.3.255
        inet6 fe80::250:fcff:fea8:3e08%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1=20
        ipx 1b.50fca83e08=20
        ether 00:50:fc:a8:3e:08
        media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
        status: active

The problem is that I have not been able to get any of the utilities to f=
ind=20
the server:

central:202> ipxping PHILHEND
ipxping: could not find server PHILHEND
: syserr =3D Network is down

central:203> ncplist s
Can't find any file server

Am I doing something stupid?
Am I overlooking something?

Can anyone please help or suggest how I might proceed?

Malcolm Kay



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