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Re: IPX between dialup, ethernet connections

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From: Charles Duffy
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 00:00
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> You could look at the possiblity of using kali, www.kali.net, though kali
> is designed to tunnel ipx to ip for gaming purposes, i don't know how well
> it would work as a ipx tunnel, i suspect not very well.

Is Kali cross-platform? I don't think so...

> I assume this is because the routers here don't route ipx. In which
> case you could create a tunnel between two linux boxes using
> ssh, pppd, and tunnel ipx that way, but i fear it's going to end
> up being a terrible hack.

Right; using telnet and pppd would be similarly effective. Thing is, it's not
between two linux boxen.

> I seem to want to say that pptp is available with 98, so see if the
> upgrade is an option.

Is the PPTP _server_ available w/ 98? I think it's just client. (Sadly, PPTP
isn't peer-to-peer like its PPP cousin).
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