The IPX protocol (IPX)
This is support for the Novell networking protocol, IPX, commonly
used for local networks of Windows machines. You need it if you
want to access Novell NetWare file or print servers using the Linux
Novell client ncpfs (available from
ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/ncpfs/) or from
within the Linux DOS emulator DOSEMU (read the DOSEMU-HOWTO,
available from
http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto). In order
to do the former, you'll also have to say Y to "NCP file system
support", below.
IPX is similar in scope to IP, while SPX, which runs on top of IPX,
is similar to TCP. There is also experimental support for SPX in
Linux (see "SPX networking", below).
To turn your Linux box into a fully featured NetWare file server and
IPX router, say Y here and fetch either lwared from
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/daemons/ or
mars_nwe from
ftp://www.compu-art.de/mars_nwe/. For more
information, read the IPX-HOWTO available from
http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto.
General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
Macs is on the WWW at
http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html.
The IPX driver would enlarge your kernel by about 16 KB. To compile
this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ipx.
Unless you want to integrate your Linux box with a local Novell
network, say N.
