[svlug] IPX protocol through TCP/IP

[Rafael Skodlar]

On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Jonathan Sergent wrote:

> In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.981119225841.22218B-100000 at atlantis.kset.com>, Rafael
>  Skodlar writes:
>  ] Is there a way to tunel IPX network through TCP/IP using Linux? I know it
>  ] would be slow, one possibility is using 2 phone lines with load balancing.
>  ] 
>  ] Anybody have any experience with tuneling inferior protocols with TCP/IP?
> 
> If you're talking about a dedicated PPP link just for this IPX traffic,
> realize that you can run IPX over PPP just like you can run IP over
> PPP.  There's an IPX routing daemon for Linux that you'll need to run
> on the two ends of the point-to-point link.

I would use a dedicated PPP link for that. We'll see how much time I am
going to have after we settle in the temp office. We don't know how long
that temp situation is going to be. We hope no more than 2 months but
people do need access to some servers. Maybe Corp folks will help out
somehow.

 > 
> I think there is also an IPX tunneling daemon out there somewhere that 
> may work.  If you have trouble finding it, let me know, and I'll see 
> what I have.
> 

I'll do a search on that.

> I also might recommend that you look into setting up the NetWare servers
> to do the tunneling into IP part and then setting up the Linux machines to
> do the routing the IP between the two sites part.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jonathan Sergent / sergent at kgb.etla.net
> 

Thanks it looks encouraging,

   Rafael Skodlar


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