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From: kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD be made to do IPX/SPX?
Date: 2 Jan 1996 21:11:26 GMT
Organization: Applied Phyics Lab
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     "Timothy M. Loveridge" <loveriti@uvsc.edu> wrote in article <4cbrkf$51t@park.uvsc.edu> :
>
>As I understand it, a program/OS called Caldera, currently in Preview II, 
>includes "A NetWare client offering access to NetWare 3 and NetWare 4 
>servers over the IPX protocol, including support for NetWare Directory 
>Services."  (Right off the box :-)  Caldera is based on Red Hat Linux 
>though.  I would imagine that the support could be put into FreeBSD, but 
>would take some time.
>
>-- 

I could be wrong, but I believe IPX/SPX support in available in
FreeBSD-current.  You might want to send mail to the hackers
mailing list for conformation.


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