Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 10:23:33 +0000 From: "YN3 Stacy Olivas" <olivassq@naf-navy.misawa.af.mil> To: Stacy Olivas <olivassq@naf-navy.misawa.af.mil>, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP question Message-ID: <199809270125.KAA10327@naf-navy.misawa.af.mil> In-Reply-To: <199809262143.WAA01416@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> References: Your message of "Sat, 26 Sep 1998 22:06:54 %2B0900." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980926220152.9122B-100000@naf-navy.misawa.af.mil>
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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.... > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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