----- Original Message ----- From: "Nhadie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:12 AM Subject: [plug] IPX over IP
> Hi All, > > > Hope anyone out there can help me on this, CLIENT 1 is communicating > with SERVER > via IPX protocol, which is easy because it's on a LAN, CLIENT 2 is on a > "remote area", > and wants to connect to SERVER. > > The connection from one site 1 to site 2 uses IP, how can I route > packets from CLIENT 2 > going thru IP ROUTER 2, to IP ROUTER 1, and lastly to IPX SERVER. > > I was thinking of inserting Linux in between IPX CLIENT 2 and IP ROUTER > 2, and between IP ROUTER 1 > And IPX SERVER, that LINUX box will have two NIC's. one uses IPX and the > other one uses IP > Is it possible on LINUX to forward from one NIC to another using > different protocols? yup you can do that... you have two options here... first, check your router if it is capable to do ipx/ip tunneling or gateway... if capable then you dont need for a linux box.. if not, you can use ipxtunnel for linux (http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/IPX-HOWTO-15.html) fooler. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
