You might try Novell's IPTUNNEL.NLM. It has some bugs but kinda works
with some older NIC's. Don't try to sync your NDS with it though:-)
Rich(running for cover)
>>> Sunny Azah <sazah @
ibu .
sj .
nec .
com> 10/10/96 10:52am >>>
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> We thought about IP to IP through a "hole" in the firewall, but we are
> running cc:Mail on a Novell server running only IPX. The gateway
runs
> on NT using commercial software. Since we need to make the jump
to IPX
> somewhere along the way, it seems like the mail gateway PC is a
good
> place to do that. Rather than punch an IPX hole in the firewall
(which
> might be more obvious to exploit) we figured we could just sneak
> around it.
>
> I'm just curious to know if anyone actually COULD make the protocol
> and network jump on a dual homed NT 4.0 server. I'm guessing it
would
> be pretty tough.
The NT 4.0 server would have to have software to make the translation
from
IPX to IP. I do not know if there is such a beast for NT.
>
> I think we will move the cc:Mail post office to an NT server running
> IP and resolve the problem.
>
>
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