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#
# IPX configuration
#
config IPX
	tristate "The IPX protocol"
	depends on BKL # should be fixable
	select LLC
	---help---
	  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.

	  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>.

	  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.

config IPX_INTERN
	bool "IPX: Full internal IPX network"
	depends on IPX
	---help---
	  Every IPX network has an address that identifies it. Sometimes it is
	  useful to give an IPX "network" address to your Linux box as well
	  (for example if your box is acting as a file server for different
	  IPX networks: it will then be accessible from everywhere using the
	  same address). The way this is done is to create a virtual internal
	  "network" inside your box and to assign an IPX address to this
	  network. Say Y here if you want to do this; read the IPX-HOWTO at
	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> for details.

	  The full internal IPX network enables you to allocate sockets on
	  different virtual nodes of the internal network. This is done by
	  evaluating the field sipx_node of the socket address given to the
	  bind call. So applications should always initialize the node field
	  to 0 when binding a socket on the primary network. In this case the
	  socket is assigned the default node that has been given to the
	  kernel when the internal network was created. By enabling the full
	  internal IPX network the cross-forwarding of packets targeted at
	  'special' sockets to sockets listening on the primary network is
	  disabled. This might break existing applications, especially RIP/SAP
	  daemons. A RIP/SAP daemon that works well with the full internal net
	  can be found on <ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/ncpfs/>.

	  If you don't know what you are doing, say N.
Commit	Line	Data
1da177e4 LT	1	#
	2	# IPX configuration
	3	#
6a2e9b73 SR	4	config IPX
6a2e9b73 SR	5	tristate "The IPX protocol"
6de5bd12	6	depends on BKL # should be fixable
6a2e9b73 SR	7	select LLC
	8	---help---
	9	This is support for the Novell networking protocol, IPX, commonly
	10	used for local networks of Windows machines. You need it if you
	11	want to access Novell NetWare file or print servers using the Linux
	12	Novell client ncpfs (available from
	13	<ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/ncpfs/>) or from
	14	within the Linux DOS emulator DOSEMU (read the DOSEMU-HOWTO,
	15	available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>). In order
	16	to do the former, you'll also have to say Y to "NCP file system
	17	support", below.
	18
	19	IPX is similar in scope to IP, while SPX, which runs on top of IPX,
ff49f26b	20	is similar to TCP.
6a2e9b73 SR	21
	22	To turn your Linux box into a fully featured NetWare file server and
	23	IPX router, say Y here and fetch either lwared from
	24	<ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/daemons/> or
	25	mars_nwe from <ftp://www.compu-art.de/mars_nwe/>. For more
	26	information, read the IPX-HOWTO available from
	27	<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
	28
6a2e9b73 SR	29	The IPX driver would enlarge your kernel by about 16 KB. To compile
	30	this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ipx.
	31	Unless you want to integrate your Linux box with a local Novell
	32	network, say N.
	33
1da177e4 LT	34	config IPX_INTERN
	35	bool "IPX: Full internal IPX network"
	36	depends on IPX
	37	---help---
	38	Every IPX network has an address that identifies it. Sometimes it is
	39	useful to give an IPX "network" address to your Linux box as well
	40	(for example if your box is acting as a file server for different
	41	IPX networks: it will then be accessible from everywhere using the
	42	same address). The way this is done is to create a virtual internal
	43	"network" inside your box and to assign an IPX address to this
	44	network. Say Y here if you want to do this; read the IPX-HOWTO at
	45	<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> for details.
	46
	47	The full internal IPX network enables you to allocate sockets on
	48	different virtual nodes of the internal network. This is done by
	49	evaluating the field sipx_node of the socket address given to the
	50	bind call. So applications should always initialize the node field
	51	to 0 when binding a socket on the primary network. In this case the
	52	socket is assigned the default node that has been given to the
	53	kernel when the internal network was created. By enabling the full
	54	internal IPX network the cross-forwarding of packets targeted at
	55	'special' sockets to sockets listening on the primary network is
	56	disabled. This might break existing applications, especially RIP/SAP
	57	daemons. A RIP/SAP daemon that works well with the full internal net
	58	can be found on <ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/ncpfs/>.
	59
	60	If you don't know what you are doing, say N.
	61