Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 22:43:43 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: phil@zipmail.co.uk Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BSDi : Internet Gateway for Novell Networks Message-ID: <18792.824712223@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 18 Feb 1996 17:12:04 GMT." <199602181720.RAA23666@wbsmail.zipmail.co.uk>
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> One of these was a system called the BSDi Internet gateway for novell > networks. it sells for $1595 for 5 users and comes with www/ftp etc, > but the bit that caught my attention was the fact that it can be used > for leased-line/dialup routing and (if the article is correct) no > tcp/ip support is needed on the local n/w at all !! Yep! A few people tell me that Novell admins love this since it lets them keep their networks "pure" - no icky TCP/IP frames on their lovely little IPX networks (and, of course, the clients don't need to run TCP/IP stacks). I think it would definitely be a well-regarded feature for FreeBSD if we supported TCP/IP encapsulation like this. I don't know how much work is involved, but.. Jordan
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