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From: emccall@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Gateways and IPX create connection packets.
Message-ID: <1991Jan28.143941.38147@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 28 Jan 91 19:39:41 GMT
Organization: Wesleyan University
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	I have a question or two about Novell "Create Service Connection"
packets.  In modifying PCRoute to act as a gateway for both IP and IPX
traffic, I've run into a problem with those packets that I can't seem to
figure out.  

	Using a Network General Sniffer, I've captured the traffic on both
sides of the router during the execution of NET4 on a PC.  Though the
packets appear identical, *some* servers won't respond to create connection
requests, while others will.  When these packets go through a cisco
gateway, things work okay, so I'm assuming the cisco understands the
packets, and writes them correctly to the other side, where servers
respond.  Things haven't been a complete failure though -- some servers
respond to the un-altered PCRoute produced packets.

	Is there any quirk anyone knows about this kind of packet they'd
like to share?  I haven't got a lot of information -- mostly I'm just
trying to make the packets look like the workstation's packets; now that
they do, I have no clue as to why things aren't working...

							 -= Eric McCall =-
						EMCCALL@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU