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Re: IPX Router Configuration

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From: JSA
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 00:00
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Jeff Cochran wrote:
 > 
 > 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.
 > 
 > The documentation works if you follow the instructions to the letter.
 > A workstation will route IPX just fine, but slower workstations *may*
 > give you problems.  It's a decent use of an old 386SX, but don't drop
 > that XT in there.  Also, a workstation costs about the same as a
 > dedicated router for some of the lower end equipment, you may want to
 > consider those.
 > 
 > >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?
 > 
 > Correct, you need do nothing more.  The only protocol routed though is
 > IPX, if that's a concern, otherwise you need MPR.
 > 
 > Jeff

-- 
Not true Jeff.  You dont need a MPR.

You can route TCPIP through a dual Nic server with TCPIP.NLM.  It is
supplied with netware 3.11 and above.  It routes just fine. We are
useing it to suport internet access at the desktop on an otherwise
ipx network.


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John Andersen                             |
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From: JSA <andersen@alaska.net>
Subject: Re: IPX Router Configuration
Date: 1996/03/27
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