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> > Hello,
> > Just recently I've setup a FreeBSD 2.27-RELEASE box to act as a PPP
> > dial-in server for Windows clients.  
> > 
> > My question is: Is it possible to get teh IPX/SPX protocols from Netware
> > and the NETBIOS protocol to function sover such a link?
> 
> There's no NetBUI or IPX support in ppp. You can do NetBIOS as long 
> as it's over TCP/IP, and you can agree NBNSs at LCP time too.  Check 
> the ``set nbns'' command in the man page.
>

Ok.. 
 
> > I setup the PPP link as described in the man page to ppp under method #2.
> > 
> > Any information about patches that can be applied, changed to
> > configuration, etc. will be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > -Stacy
> 
> Apart from ppp not supporting NetBUI (does anything?) or IPX, the tun 
> device under FreeBSD doesn't actually do non-IP packets.  I plan to 
> change this soon, but I've been putting it off because there's very 
> little gain unless I plan to implement IPXCP, and that would mean 
> setting up another windows box at home.... tricky.
>

Hmmm.. Ok.. Thanks for the info... I appreciate it..
 
> -- 
> Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
>       <http://www.Awfulhak.org>
> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
> 
> 
> 
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