Re: Help me please with Netbios over IPX

David Woodhouse (Dave@imladris.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 22 Apr 1998 11:29:14 +0200

> > > Not all computers in out network have TCP/IP stack (it's impossible by
> > > important reasons), so I cannot use NetBIOS over TCP/IP. If there are
> > > any way to make my Linux box and Samba work with NetBEUI or run
> > > NetBIOS over IPX?
> >
> > > Please tell me what to do.
> >
> > Which way do you want it to work? Linux as a client, Linux as a server, or
> > both?
>
> Linux must be router and let all these IPX packets (type 0x14)
> to go from one network segment to another, so all workstations
> from all segment will see each other in M$ Network and use each
> other's files and printers.
>
> ------------------------ -------------------
> | | | |
> [1 Win 95 with ] eth0 eth1 [2 Win 95 with ]
> [netbios over IPX] [ linux ] [netbios over IPX]

Perhaps I misunderstood you. If you don't want the Linux boxen to actually
_use_ the SMB shares, but just to route the IPX protocol, then you should be
fine.

Get the IPX routing daemon from
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/ncpfs/ipxripd-0.7.tgz
If you're using glibc, you'll need the patch at
ftp://dwmw2.robinson.cam.ac.uk/pub/linux/ipxripd-0.7.glibc.patch

> > Take a look at the recent changes to make NCPFS work over IP, and
> > you'll see how it can be done.

> Where I can read about it?

Most of it arrived in ncpfs-2.0.12.4 and ncpfs-2.0.12.6
You can see all the versions at ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/ncpfs/

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