Novell (IPX/SPX) client available ?

coop3dw · 02-04-03, 03:17 PM

Does anyone know if there’s a Novell (IPX/SPX) client available for PPC? I can access all of my TCP/IP side of my network through my wireless card but I can’t seem to find a client to allow access to the IPX side.

tidal · 02-04-03, 03:38 PM

simple solution: upgrade those machines to windows :)

j/k i do not know of an IPX software package

coop3dw · 02-04-03, 05:58 PM

Not quit so simple, when you have several dozen Novell Files servers and a couple TB,s of info on them ;) .

LeapinLew · 02-04-03, 06:06 PM

Ugh! I've upgraded plenty of networks out of Novell Hell and into ... ahem.. Microsoft Hell.

Can you not bind an ip address to the nic on the servers you would like to remote access? Installing IPX will be a pain if at all even possible. I never thought I'd say that, if you consider in the good old days how impossibly hard IP seemed.

I haven't seen a pure IPX network in ages. Ever since Novell 5 came out it had IP as it's primary protocol. Good luck with it, I would recommend putting an IP address on those servers, since it sounds like they don't have one. It wouldn't hurt. Use a good IP scheme too - in case you do upgrade to IP soon - 10.0.X.X/16