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Date:      Wed, 11 Oct 1995 22:25:18 +0200 (SAT)
From:      John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD-hackers)
Subject:   IPX now available
Message-ID:  <199510112025.WAA11913@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za>

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Hi,

OK the ipx code is at ftp.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD.local/ipx.tgz

In there is a README file that describe how to get it going. If I have
forgotten something please yell. :-)

How do the core-team feel about making IPX part of the FreeBSD distribution?

John
-- 
John Hay -- John.Hay@csir.co.za

> I have a working IPX that I derived from the XNS (/sys/netns) code in FreeBSD.
> We use it mostly for routing. I have changed ifconfig and netstat to understand
> IPX and build IPXrouted with IPX RIP and SAP support.
> 
> I didn't do SPX because we did not need it and I only changed the ed ethernet
> driver because we use SMC cards. It only works for Ethernet II and not the
> 802.3 ethernet protocol that Novell used as a default for a long time.
> 
> There is minimal changes to the kernel. There is about 3 files (device drivers
> excluded) and sys/netipx that is new. 
> 
> If you want it, I will clean it up a bit and put it somewhere for ftp.
> 



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