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dino1@ms1.hinet.net (Dino Hsu) wrote:

>Is there any easy way to configure a workstation as an IPX router,
>either dedicated or non-dedicated ?  I checked the documentation, it
>is simple too complex to understand --- actually, I have found nowhere
>to mention the workstation router configuration.

Novell still makes available their ROUTEGEN package, which can be used
to create a workstation-based IPX router.  But it will route ONE AND
ONLY ONE frame type.  Period.  If you choose to route Ethernet, you
can route only Ethernet_802.3 (the default) or Ethernet_II (gotta run
ECONFIG to get to this one) packets.

ROUTEGEN can create a dedicated real mode, dedicated protected mode or
non-dedicated protected mode router.  Be forewarned:  The
non-dedicated mode router created with this product will let you use
the machine as if it were a 640K 8088!  No Windows, no protected mode,
no upper memory, nada.

>Also, another question: if I install two LAN cards on a single server,
>and load LAN drivers for both, the server automatically becomes a
>router. Is this right?

As soon as you bind a protocol to both cards, yes.  IPX, IP, and
Appletalk.

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