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Date:      Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:35:05 +0100 (CET)
From:      Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To:        "McKenna, Lee" <lmckenna@lodgenet.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>, "freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>, John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>
Subject:   RE: Frametypes (was: Re: Netware client for FreeBSD)
Message-ID:  <XFMail.981117143505.asmodai@wxs.nl>
In-Reply-To: <c=US%a=_%p=Lodgenet%l=CHAPLIN-981116232146Z-14273@chaplin.lodgenet.com>

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On 16-Nov-98 McKenna, Lee wrote:
> You know...it may be easier just to add support for the additional frame
> type to your Novell server :)  -- Novell supports multiple frame types
> bound to the same adapter for running IPX...beware that this doubles the
> SAP/RIP traffic on your net since it does SAPs/RIPs on each frame
> type...although I recall you can filter much of the unwanted broadcasts
> starting with Novell 4.x??

Mayhaps... But I was thinking of allowing clients to use the Novell services on
a UNIX box... That might require additional frametypes on the box.

And sometimes RIP/SAP filtering is NOT what we want... ;) (Long story involving
IPX/SPX, TCP/IP and NetWare/IP)

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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai
asmodai(at)wxs.nl                   |  Cum angelis et pueris,
Junior Network/Security Specialist  |  fideles inveniamur
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