Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 23:34:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "J.C. Archambeau" <jca@accessnv.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPX Support? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961104233252.5689O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.90.961102104005.11319A-100000@bighorn.accessnv.com>
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On Sat, 2 Nov 1996, J.C. Archambeau wrote: > > 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. > > The printer is going to be on a print server. If it is easier to have > the machine on the FreeBSD machine, that will do. The printer will be > any type of printer hooked into a parallel or serial port. Well, FreeBSD doesn't understand IPX unless you pick up Netcon's Netware server software for $$$. It'll route and that's it (I think). > > 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. > > What exact are the proposed IPX capabilities of FreeBSD? Or what phases > will they be incorporated into the distribution? I'd like to see full > capability down to file and printer sharing, but I know that most likely > won't be incorporated all at once. I know that FreeBSD is bit more on > the conservative side with respect to development (judging from reading > the newsgroups) and doesn't take the "bite off more than we can chew" > approach to development and incorporating features. Ugh. I don't think anything's on the horizon for full IPX capability. Netcon's stuff is about as close as we'll get unless someone sits down and writes all that code. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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