[pptp-server] ipx-node option in ppp

[tmk]

Linux doesn't route IPX by default, it is more a client implementation. I
think i've seen some IPX firewalling/routing stuff for the 2.0.xx series
kernels. Read the IPX howto at your favorite LDP mirror. 

Kevin

On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Malay Shah wrote:

> Hi, I think you can try to name your files like options.ttyS1.  ttyS1 is
> for a serial port.  I'm not really sure what is used for pptp.  I have a
> question of my own, have you gotten pppd to work with ipx?  I've tried
> but for some reason my linux machine isn't routing the packets or
> something like that.
> 
> Malay Shah
> 
> 
> Michele Adams wrote:
> 
> > This is more of a pppd than a PoPToP thing.  My Linux box sits on a
> > cable modem (eth1) with the LAN on eth0.  All networking options are
> > built-in to the kernel (i.e. not modules). The only way I've been able
> > to get an ipx-node value passed to a client is by putting it in
> > /etc/ppp/options.  The problem is when a client takes on that node
> > value, no other clients can also have that same value.  I've messed
> > with trying to pass it in /etc/ppp/options.ppp? and
> > /etc/ppp/options.eth? to no avail.  I've also tried putting multiple
> > ipx-node lines in /etc/ppp/options but only the last one is
> > parsed. Any ideas how to pass on unique ipx-node numbers to the
> > clients?
>