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Hi all,
I need to know if the following is possible, and if so how?
I currently have a small NetWare 4.11 LAN running IPX/SPX and Win98 clients running Novell's Client 32 to connect. I'd like to connect a Linux box (RH 6.0) with 2 NICs to the LAN. One NIC configured with an IPX address, the other with a IP address. Connect the IP NIC to a router which is connected to a frame relay circuit from a local ISP.
On the Linux box I'd like to run Apache for our website. And also Oracle Web Application Server; which will query an Oracle 8 DB on the NetWare Server.
My initial question: What is necessary on the Linux box for my LAN workstations to connect to the Internet? Can Linux perform IPX-IP translation/"routing"? I do not wish to assign IP addresses on the LAN if it can be avoided.
Thank you for your input
Jim
I need to know if the following is possible, and if so how?
I currently have a small NetWare 4.11 LAN running IPX/SPX and Win98 clients running Novell's Client 32 to connect. I'd like to connect a Linux box (RH 6.0) with 2 NICs to the LAN. One NIC configured with an IPX address, the other with a IP address. Connect the IP NIC to a router which is connected to a frame relay circuit from a local ISP.
On the Linux box I'd like to run Apache for our website. And also Oracle Web Application Server; which will query an Oracle 8 DB on the NetWare Server.
My initial question: What is necessary on the Linux box for my LAN workstations to connect to the Internet? Can Linux perform IPX-IP translation/"routing"? I do not wish to assign IP addresses on the LAN if it can be avoided.
Thank you for your input
Jim
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I believe that the IPX<->IP gateways you have heard of are for allowing Novell clients to access servers running Novell protocols over IP.
Regardless, you'll still need a TCP/IP stack on any win client that is going to accesss the Internet. The software for web browsing, email, ftp, etc. all uses TCP/IP protocols, and those protocols must be available on the client for the software to run. I probably should have made that more clear in my answer.
Regardless, you'll still need a TCP/IP stack on any win client that is going to accesss the Internet. The software for web browsing, email, ftp, etc. all uses TCP/IP protocols, and those protocols must be available on the client for the software to run. I probably should have made that more clear in my answer.
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No, I found what I was looking for There's a product called Instant Internet from Bay Networks. It connects an IPX LAN to the Internet via 1 IP address. The Instant Internet box allows for 50 or 100 concurrent users (depending on the price you want to pay.) It does not require you to load TCP/IP on the workstations, simply plug the unit into your network and it'll grab the valid user accounts from NDS. The station also has managment capabilities, denying websites, newsgroups, email capabilities, etc.
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