From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 18 14:01:21 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA21889 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 18 Oct 1995 14:01:21 -0700 Received: from zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za (zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za [146.64.24.58]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA21884 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 1995 14:01:06 -0700 Received: (from jhay@localhost) by zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za (8.6.11/8.6.9) id WAA24823; Wed, 18 Oct 1995 22:59:21 +0200 From: John Hay Message-Id: <199510182059.WAA24823@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> Subject: Re: IPX feedback request -Reply To: jonny@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br (Joao Carlos Mendes Luis) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 22:59:21 +0200 (SAT) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199510182032.SAA19360@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> from "Joao Carlos Mendes Luis" at Oct 18, 95 06:32:45 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1166 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Well IPX/SPX in the kernel will give you the ability to write or port user level programs that need IPX and route packets if some daemon sets the routes. My IPX code do have a daemon that do the RIP and SAP stuff. I havn't got NLSP support. (And am not planning to in the near future.) John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@csir.co.za > > Hi all, > > Could any good soul please explain me what can I do with the IPX/SPX > support in the kernel ? Is there anything in mind right now ? > > I can just think of the following: > > 1) Routing Netware networks. This should be made by a daemon > with suport for SAP also. Maybe, NLSP, which is turning to be > the recommended routing option. > > 2) Mounting NetWare disks. This is really a problem. How to convert > unix users to netware users ? Should one mount with just one netware > user and show unix users all files as root owned ? The other option > would be to use one IPX socket for EACH unix user, and would require > a much more complex daemon/kernel. > > 3) Print Services. A netware aware lpd would be useful. Most important: > Should be one which could print from Unix to Netware AND vice-versa. >