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Hi,

This is a question being asked on behalf of a friend:)

They want to route IPX packets between two LANs. The only troublr
is that the link between the two will only route IP traffic.  So
what they want is a package to incapsulate IPX packets into IP packets
and send them over the link.

I heard Linux would route IPX traffic, but is it possible to use
Linux to route it in this manner?

If anyone has any ideas or can point towards a suitable package could

Many thanks in advance!

Richard

And here's to Linux!

The Novell TCP/IP stack includes a program called iptunnel.exe that runs
in dos and does what you're asking.  If they don't have a copy of LAN
Workplace or Workgroup, the stack is available by purchasing the DOS/Windows
Client Kit.  It costs $99 on a site licensed basis.

I don't think Linux has any facility for this.

Peter

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This is actually accomplished very easily in the Novell servers (IP Tunneling
that is...   You need to have the Novell server (router) set to do both IPX and
IP routing, and then you can establish one server on network A to become the
tunneling server.  It takes IPX packets, encapsulates them into IP and sends
them out the IP portion of the server (router).  This is done with an NLM on
Novell Servers.  The IP packets can then be forwarded, etc as any other IP
packet by Linux, UNIX, or whatever.  When the packet gets to network B the
tunneling server on that network reverses the process and  places the IPX
packet back on the Novell network B.

The LAN Workplace/Workgroup part of this is for a workstation to "tunnel"
to a server that is running the IP Tunneling NLM as described above.  The
TCP/IP NLM that comes with Novell NetWare is all that is needed to provide
the IP Tunneling from one LAN to the other.  (With the exception of a router
and proper wiring, etc.)

Ken Orme
KO Computing

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> This is actually accomplished very easily in the Novell servers (IP Tunneling
> that is...   You need to have the Novell server (router) set to do both IPX and

[Snip - how to setup Novel tunnelling]

The 1.3.9 kernel has a networking confuration option about tunnelling.
Is this the same type of tunnelling, or a different one ?

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: > This is actually accomplished very easily in the Novell servers (IP Tunneling
: > that is...   You need to have the Novell server (router) set to do both IPX and
: [Snip - how to setup Novel tunnelling]

: The 1.3.9 kernel has a networking confuration option about tunnelling.
: Is this the same type of tunnelling, or a different one ?
If you mean CONFIG_NET_IPIP, this tunneling IP packets in IP packets,
this has nothing to do with IPX in IP.

Fons