Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 22:08:14 +0000 From: Mark <mark.wild@cableinet.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPX router problems Message-ID: <a1e47ef47%mark@dougal.local> In-Reply-To: <199711261900.VAA13202@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za>
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In message <199711261900.VAA13202@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> you wrote: > Mark, > > > > One problem might be because the FreeBSD IPX code only supports > > > Ethernet_II framing, which is not the default for Netware servers. > > > The default for Netware 3.x is 802.3 framing and I think for v4.x > > > it is 802.2SNAP, but I'm not 100% sure. The easiest if you only > > > have W95 machines will be to change the server to use Ethernet_II > > > framing. (The default 95 setup will sense that automatically.) If > > > you have older Win3.X machines and diskless machines it won't be > > > that easy. If you can't do Ethernet_II framing, I do have a patch > > > to enable 802.3 framing on the FreeBSD box. > > > > I was incorrectly told that Ethernet II was being used, but infact it's > > 802.3 (Netware 3.12). I also have the requirement of forwarding IP > > packets across the two interfaces and I gather from your previous > > postings on this subject that it's not currently possible to have > > two frame types on the same interface. Is this still the case? > > Unfortunately there's no chance of moving to Eth. II. > > FreeBSD currently can't do more than one IPX frame type on an interface. > You can use this patch to be able to do 802.3 on FreeBSD. It provides > a sysctl to switch between Ethernet_II (default) and 802.3. Remember > that it will switch it for IPX on all the interfaces. > > John Many thanks for that John, hopefully that will solve my problem. I was also hoping to get ipx going over ppp for dial in access. Does pppd or user ppp support ipx at all? and if so what do I need to do to get it going? The dial-in machine is also W95. (I have got dial in working already but only for tcp/ip) Thanks, Mark. --
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