[pptp-server] IPX

[tmk]

I had this same problem with my old linux (rh 5.2) computer (and it's pppd
that cant find IPX, not pptpd) and i never found a solution. I was building
a redhat 6 system at the time and the problem didnt exist there.

Make sure you do a make clean between kernel compilations. That might be the
problem. I think what happens is that the pppd kernel was compiled without
support for ipx, and somehow it never gets the idea that it's there. It may
also be a setting external to ppp or the kernel that i just didnt find. Like
i said, i never fixed the problem.

Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Swan <cswan at connectria.com>
To: <pptp-server at lists.schulte.org>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [pptp-server] IPX


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hil, A.T.v.d. <A.T.v.d.Hil at tue.nl>
> To: <pptp-server at lists.schulte.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 2:55 AM
> Subject: [pptp-server] IPX
>
> > I want to enable IPX over the ppp link. Can somebody help me
> > with this, if pptp supports this.
> >
> > When i try to set up an ipx link i get the pppd message:
> > IPX support is not present in the kernel.
> >
> > But i'm sure it is compiled in the kernel. Maybe it's a problem in
> pppd
>
>     I've been fighting with this for months, and I can't figure out a
> solution.  I finally got IPX to compile clean (with kernel 2.2.13) as
> a module, and it gets inserted into the running kernel without errors.
> But pptpd ALWAYS says that IPX support is not present in the
> kernel--what gives?  If I compile it into the kernel I get no errors
> on bootup, but still pptp complains.
>
>     Is it possible pptpd is just not detecting IPX properly?  TMK
> posted an IPX howto a while ago, so I'm assuming that _someone_ has it
> working.  Can anyone provide a simple test to see if IPX is
> functioning correctly on the linux side?
>
> This is a listing of what my /proc/net filesystem looked like after
> doing the things mentioned by tmk in the IPX howto:
>
> rosebud:/proc/net# more ipx
> Local_Address  Remote_Address              Tx_Queue  Rx_Queue  State
> Uid
>
> rosebud:/proc/net# more ipx_route
> Network    Router_Net   Router_Node
> 80FC4D01   Directly     Connected
> 80FCA001   Directly     Connected
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> rosebud:/proc/net# more ipx_interface
> Network    Node_Address   Primary  Device     Frame_Type
> 80FCA001   00105A221B1C   Yes      eth0       EtherII
> 80FC4D01   00105A221B1C   No       eth0       802.3
> 00000000   00105A221B1C   No       eth0       802.2
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