Re: [Poptop-server] IPX via pptp and lan games

"R. de Vroede" wrote:
> 
> There was some IPX support in 1.1.2, but it didn't really work as it
> should, so we took it out. One would figure that setting the IPX stuff
> in the options file would make it all work. Guess it doesn't. I'm no IPX
> guy, so I can't help you on this one. I do wonder though what games
> you're playing, because most games have tcp support now. Would be
> WarCraft 1 or Doom?
> Anyway. I can imagine something like:

Need for speed 3, red alert, red alert 2, comanche 3, transport tycoon.
I've got some other games working via tcp/ip (like quake2), but these
are IPX only.

> internal adapter has a nodeid in network 1.
> ppp-adapter for the client connection has a nodeid in network 2.
> a ripd transmits/translates all traffic to and from the client.
> But again, I'm no IPX guy......
> 
> If someone could write a decent IPX supplement for pptpd, I would be
> more than willing to implement it. On the other hand, even Novell is
> going over to TCP/IP, isn't it?

I heard of that. I don't have any Novell support deployed, since I was
only trying the games...

I wrote both on both lists because I used poptop and I found some ipx
related options, though no longer in the config  file. 

the IPX support I managed to work was entirely pppd's part as far as I
managed. 

Thank you.

P.S. 
I'd suggest some more checking on the pptpd.conf options, since I got
segmentation fault when I accidentally wrote 
remoteip 10.1.1.192- 207
                    ^^ note the unintended space.






> 
> >  I run a Slackware 7.0 but updated to 2.2.24. I wanted to try a VPN
> > connection with a friend who only has a modem, so I did the following:
> >
> > installed pptpd-1.3 (it was easy)
> > pppd-2.4.2 (unofficial patched release available from poptop fpr ms mppe
> > and chap-v2 to work) After some crypt library problems, got it
> > installed.
> >
> > A TCP/IP connection via pptp works fine. Proxy arp is done by pppd and
> > my friend can see any computer inside my network as expected.
> >
> > I got ipx support and spx support in the kernel, the got the ipx tools
> > (for configuration purposes) and ipxd.
> > After a lot of headache and fixing some missing includes (parse error
> > before "af_ipx" if anyone seen this, add #include <types.h> and move
> > some other includes before #include <ipx.h> or smth similar).
> > Then ipxd refused to compile because of some type cast problems when
> > giving the name of the log file.
> > After I managed to compile all these, I got them intalled.
> >
> > I configured my inside interface to support ipx too and started ipxd.
> >
> > Topology:
> >
> > internal net
> > ----------------------------
> >        LAN, ip, ipx                               ip
> > MyPC ----------------------- Linux router --------------internet
> > win98                       eth0       eth1
> > |----------------Friend's PC
> >                                       ppp0 (via pptp)
> > Win95 or WinXP, modem, lan card, VPN adapter
> >
> > ipxnet                       ipxnet    ipxnet
> > ipxnet
> > 10000000                     10000000  40000000
> > 40000000
> >
> > I configured pppd with ipx support as follows:
> > ipx
> > ipx-routing 2    (RIP)
> > ipx-router-name gate
> > ipx-network 40000000
> > ipx-node 40:0
> > ipx-accept-remote
> >
> > On the network we all use Ethernet II frame type and I configured the
> > Friend's PC in the same way.
> > After connection is established, on both the linux and windows side,
> > tcp/ip and ipx are negotiated ok.
> > ipxd will see the interface change and add a route to it.
> >
> > However, any game we try to play over the created vpn does not work.
> >
> > I see a lot of messages logged by ipxd as follows:
> > RIP from non-local net on ifc 10000000
> > 40000000 (ignored)
> >
> >
> > Then, I tried to enable full internal IPX network support and added an
> > address to it.
> > No more logged messages in ipxd's log but stillnothing works.
> >
> > If anyone could please give me a suggestion...
> >
> >
> >
> >
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