Re: [Samba] Samba over IPX
Hi all, Thanks a lot for your replies. Maurizio On 4/27/2011 5:30 PM, Volker Lendecke wrote: On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:19:06PM -0300, ferna...@lozano.eti.br wrote: Tecnically there should be no problem implementing IPX support in Samba like it worked with DOS Lan Manager and Windows for Workgroups. It has nothing to do with NCP and Netware. NCP is akin to SMB, not TCP. IPX has SPX which is the connection-oriented protocol, while IPX would be used directly for datagram messages (like UDP). I guess the same kernel syscalls and glibc sockets API would support the IPX stack instead of TCP/IP, so it would not be so big a change in code. If someone wants to try, just grab the sources and start hacking (I won't). But I heard IPX support is no longer mantained in current linux kernels, and thus porting Samba to IPX could be a dead-end. The problem is that SMB over IPX does not use SPX. It has its own sequencing protocol that Samba would need to implement and thus is a larger change to Samba. Volker -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Samba over IPX
Hi Chris, Just to add some info. I tried with NCP over IPX (mars_nwe) but I found that the MS-DOS Network Client doesn't connect to it. Appearently this is because MS Network Client for DOS uses SMB over IPX, and not NCP over IPX. NCP under DOS would need the Novel client to be installed. SMB over IPX sounds like addressing again to Samba over IPX... Thanks anyway, Maurizio On 4/11/2011 8:57 PM, Chris Weiss wrote: I have TCP/IP on DOS on several systems, 2 of which are CNC, slowest is a 386 with 2MB ram, and I have no issues with it. yes IP uses more ram than IPX, but it's still not significant enough to cause problems with most programs. But back to your question: IPX isn't just a network layer, it's got it's own completely different file sharing protocols and NCP server software to go with it. I'd suggest plugging linux IPX into a search engine. you can share out the same folder structure using both SMB and NCP protocols, and also NFS and AFP if you like. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Maurizio Manfredinimx2...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to add my case for a wish of IPX support in Samba: We use a number of CNC tool machines whose host is pure DOS based. Don't be surprised that DOS is stilll running somewhere. It is fairly OK when we get to the field of HW and real-time control, unlike Windows and the like... These hosts use IPX to access LAN shares. IPX is here preferable to TCP/IP because of its lower memory consumption. Anyone knows how to make Samba work over IPX, or is there any plan for IPX support in Samba ? Thanks in advance, Maurizio Manfredini -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Samba over IPX
Thanks for your reply, I see there are some NCP servers that should fit, although not part of standard distributions. Thanks for your help. On 4/11/2011 8:57 PM, Chris Weiss wrote: I have TCP/IP on DOS on several systems, 2 of which are CNC, slowest is a 386 with 2MB ram, and I have no issues with it. yes IP uses more ram than IPX, but it's still not significant enough to cause problems with most programs. But back to your question: IPX isn't just a network layer, it's got it's own completely different file sharing protocols and NCP server software to go with it. I'd suggest plugging linux IPX into a search engine. you can share out the same folder structure using both SMB and NCP protocols, and also NFS and AFP if you like. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Maurizio Manfredinimx2...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to add my case for a wish of IPX support in Samba: We use a number of CNC tool machines whose host is pure DOS based. Don't be surprised that DOS is stilll running somewhere. It is fairly OK when we get to the field of HW and real-time control, unlike Windows and the like... These hosts use IPX to access LAN shares. IPX is here preferable to TCP/IP because of its lower memory consumption. Anyone knows how to make Samba work over IPX, or is there any plan for IPX support in Samba ? Thanks in advance, Maurizio Manfredini -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] Samba ove IPX
I would like to add my wish for IPX as a supported protocol for Samba. My case is: We use a number of CNC tool machines whose host is pure DOS based. Don't be surprised that DOS is still running somewhere, it works fine for real-time systems, unlike all of the Windows stuff. In order for these hosts to access LAN shared drives, IPX is preferable to TCP/IP because of its lower memory consumption. Is there any plan for Samba over IPX ? Thanks in advance, Maurizio Manfredini -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] Samba over IPX
I would like to add my case for a wish of IPX support in Samba: We use a number of CNC tool machines whose host is pure DOS based. Don't be surprised that DOS is stilll running somewhere. It is fairly OK when we get to the field of HW and real-time control, unlike Windows and the like... These hosts use IPX to access LAN shares. IPX is here preferable to TCP/IP because of its lower memory consumption. Is there any plan for IPX support in Samba ? Thanks in advance, Maurizio Manfredini -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] Samba over IPX
I would like to add my case for a wish of IPX support in Samba: We use a number of CNC tool machines whose host is pure DOS based. Don't be surprised that DOS is stilll running somewhere. It is fairly OK when we get to the field of HW and real-time control, unlike Windows and the like... These hosts use IPX to access LAN shares. IPX is here preferable to TCP/IP because of its lower memory consumption. Anyone knows how to make Samba work over IPX, or is there any plan for IPX support in Samba ? Thanks in advance, Maurizio Manfredini -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
