From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 1 16:59:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA18134 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 16:59:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.crl.com (mail.crl.com [165.113.1.22]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA18126 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 16:59:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu by mail.crl.com with SMTP id AA22027 (5.65c/IDA-1.5 for ); Fri, 1 Nov 1996 18:00:57 -0700 Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA04987; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 16:58:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 16:58:48 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "J.C. Archambeau" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPX Support? In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, J.C. Archambeau wrote: > > IPX routing support is going into -current. > > Yes, plus being able to share a printer with one on a Novell network. > Printer can be on either side, TCP/IP or IPX/SPX. I know Linux already > has IPX support available. I don't know how extensive it is. I haven't > looked into the documentaton for ipxtools. I'm trying to make a decision > between FreeBSD and Linux. Is the printer a HP with a JetDirect card? If so those have a lpd server built into the card -- all you have to do is plug in the proper printcap entry to forward prints to that machine. That's for the UNIX side at least. You will probably need to use the JetAdmin control panel (for windows PCs) to configure the Novell settings. The JetDirect cards are *very* flexible. Otherwise, I don't know. If it's a strictly Novell printer (ie, a regular printer hanging off a Novell print server) I don't know if we can interface to that or not. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major