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From: lunde@casbash.acns.nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Encapulation of Novell IPX packets over TPC/IP networks?
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Date: 8 Dec 90 03:27:51 GMT
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Does anyone know of products/protocols that can connect between Novell 
networks over a TCP/IP internet?  I assume that this would involve 
enclosing the IPX packets in IP packets and "tunneling" them thru IP.  

Our campus network has various Novell networks connected to the campus 
TCP/IP network, and we are using ftp and telnet and testing mail bridges 
to SMTP,  but no-one seems to have a way to link the Novell nets together.

Another approach that has been discussed would be getting our campus 
network to route multiple protocols (IPX and IP) directly.   This may be 
feasible for the backbone which has commercial (cisco) routers.  However, 
the outlying parts of the network go thru "Morrison" PC routers and UNIX 
boxes that can only deal with IP, not IPX.

It seems like this _could_ be done, as we tunnel Appletalk thru IP and 
vis-versa.  I am looking for news of real or forthcoming implementations.

Albert Lunde  Northwestern University  Albert_Lunde@nwu.edu
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