[S.u.S.E. Linux] IPX Problems
After setting up my linux I wanted to get connected with our Novell-server. I compiled a kernel with IPX-support and tried to use the IPX-tools but slist doesn't find the server. There are no IPX or ncp bootmessages. Stefan Seifert E-Mail: Stefan.Seifert@Informatikbuero.com home: www.ifb.at/stefan - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
Stefan Seifert wrote:
After setting up my linux I wanted to get connected with our Novell-server. I compiled a kernel with IPX-support and tried to use the IPX-tools but slist doesn't find the server. There are no IPX or ncp bootmessages.
what "IPX-tools" commands did you use? For my computer, I wrote a script that makes the connection for me. --- #!/bin/sh ipx_configure --auto_primary=on ipx_interface add eth0 802.2 ---- Once that's done, slist shows the servers on the 802.2 interface. ipx_configure has two options, but I only turn auto_primary on. Turning both on caused me to get connected to the 802.3 frame type instead of 802.2. I don't really understand the fundamentals of this, but I did mess with it a good while before finding what worked and didn't. The main thing that it sounds like you need to do is get the eth0 device up and working. You compiled your ethernet card into your kernel, yes? Check ifconfig and see if you have a eth0 device. Do you have a Tcp/IP connection? If so (and if you are, indeed, using a ethernet card) then you should have an eth0 (or something comparable, at least something besides lo and dummy). Does it have and IPX/SPX line in it? Elijah Underwood elijahu@mindspring.com - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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After setting up my linux I wanted to get connected with our Novell-server. I compiled a kernel with IPX-support and tried to use the IPX-tools but slist doesn't find the server. There are no IPX or ncp bootmessages.
Stefan Seifert
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