>Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 17:10:26 +0000
>From: Michael Jinks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: What does routing for IPX?
>
>The next chapter in my IPX tirade. . .
>
>Looking at the IPX HOWTO, in the section on mars_nwe, right after it
>describes the nwserv.conf file, it says that "if you've configured the
>server to expect external programs to configure your network and/or
>provide routing. . . "
>
>Huh? There's nothing in any of the example nwserv.conf files that I've
>seen where routing is configured, per se; *logging* of routing and
>saving of routes is done to death, but all of the comments seem to
>suggest that IPX *makes* its routes automagically. The problems I'm
>having (ipx starts but doesn't communicate with other machines) sure do
>sound like routing problems; so what does the routing if not nwserv, and
>where is it documented?
IPX is not routed as such - it is a flood protocol. All messages get passed
to all configured connections. Causes vast confusion if you have a loop in
your net ;-O. This is why it ain't suitable for large or complex networks.
Kevin Thorpe
Purchasing Index (UK) Limited
13-14 Barnard Mews
Battersea
LONDON, England
SW11 1QU
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