> > I'm looking to bridge an IPX network at a remote location to the local > IPX network, and the only method of communication is TCP/IP. Locally, I > have a FreeBSD server, and I intend to use one at the remote location > too. > > Looking in LINT, I see: > > options IPX #IPX/SPX communications > protocols > options IPXIP #IPX in IP encapsulation (not > available) > options IPTUNNEL #IP in IPX encapsulation (not > available) > > Which implies that that's out of the picture. However, looking in > usr/src/sys/netipx/ I see ipx_tun.c for encapsulating IP in IPX which is > empty and marked "not implemented", while ipx_ip.c for encapsulating IPX > in IP seems to be fairly complete and nothing other than LINT saying > it's not done. (this given that I am not even remotely familiar with the > kernel or with IPX, so I'm probably way off here) > > Does anyone know about the status of this, or another method to do IPX > through IP -- tun interfaces and generic tunnelling or anything? I can't > seem to find enough info about this.
IPXIP did work years ago. I used it between two FreeBSD boxes. I haven't used in ages though, so I don't know if it did rot with time. The "not available" next to it is probably a lie, because I was too lazy to document how to use it and so left that in to scare people off. :-) If you search in the mail archives, you should find how to configure it. John -- John Hay -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
