Date: 29 Dec 1995 08:46:28 EDT Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!avalon.net!gw2kbbs.com!(No Alias Created) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc From: gwvince@gw2kbbs.com Message-ID: <82024478951012@bbs.gw2kbbs.com> Organization: Gateway 2000 Online Information Network Subject: Can FreeBSD be made to do IPX/SPX? Lines: 25 Hi all, We've recently started using FreeBSD as a mission platform in our shop here and have been quite impressed with the OS overall. While we are moving towards TCP/IP as the standard network protocol we still have various systems that depend on Novell Netware for sharing a common filesystem and while some kind of NFS would probably be more elegant that, sadly, isn't going to be an easy option (upgrading those clients to be NFS-aware, that is). On the other hand, if we could persuade FreeBSD to talk IPX/SPX on even a limited basis we might be able to do without Netware altogether. So the question is, "what literature is out there addressing this topic or has anyone else done this?". TIA Vince Kub