Greetings: How may I enable or install IPX routing in Win2k Pro? I have a Win98 guest running in a 'virtualbox' vm which has IP and IPX (and a Novell 32-bit client) configured. The host sees two NICs: its ethernet hardware NIC and the virtualbox 'Host Network Interface (TAP)' virtual NIC; I have IP routing working (a registry change enabled it) between these interfaces and consequently Microsoft SMB networking is working on the Win98 guest. The Win2k Pro host has NWLink configured and also has a Novell client installed and is logged in to a NW3.12 (bindery) server. I need to route RIP and SAP for IPX between the two interfaces (host physical and guest virtual) -- as is already working for IP to permit the Win98 guest to login and use Netware services. I have Win2k Server and NT3.51 and NT4.0 Server in case some code is needed to be installed on the Win2k Pro host for this purpose (from RRAS?). All replies appreciated. Michael
msg wrote: > Greetings: > > How may I enable or install IPX routing in Win2k Pro? I have a Win98 > guest running in a 'virtualbox' vm which has IP and IPX (and a Novell > 32-bit client) configured. The host sees two NICs: its ethernet > hardware NIC and the virtualbox 'Host Network Interface (TAP)' virtual > NIC; I have IP routing working (a registry change enabled it) between > these interfaces and consequently Microsoft SMB networking is > working on the Win98 guest. The Win2k Pro host has NWLink configured > and also has a Novell client installed and is logged in to a NW3.12 > (bindery) server. I need to route RIP and SAP for IPX between > the two interfaces (host physical and guest virtual) -- as is > already working for IP to permit the Win98 guest to login and > use Netware services. > > I have Win2k Server and NT3.51 and NT4.0 Server in case some code > is needed to be installed on the Win2k Pro host for this purpose > (from RRAS?). > > All replies appreciated. > > Michael 2000 Server supports IPX routing, but not 2000 Pro. Kurt
Kurt wrote: > msg wrote: > >> Greetings: >> >> How may I enable or install IPX routing in Win2k Pro? I have a Win98 >> guest running in a 'virtualbox' vm which has IP and IPX (and a Novell >> 32-bit client) configured. The host sees two NICs: its ethernet >> hardware NIC and the virtualbox 'Host Network Interface (TAP)' virtual >> NIC; I have IP routing working (a registry change enabled it) between >> these interfaces and consequently Microsoft SMB networking is >> working on the Win98 guest. The Win2k Pro host has NWLink configured >> and also has a Novell client installed and is logged in to a NW3.12 >> (bindery) server. I need to route RIP and SAP for IPX between >> the two interfaces (host physical and guest virtual) -- as is >> already working for IP to permit the Win98 guest to login and >> use Netware services. >> >> I have Win2k Server and NT3.51 and NT4.0 Server in case some code >> is needed to be installed on the Win2k Pro host for this purpose >> (from RRAS?). > > 2000 Server supports IPX routing, but not 2000 Pro. > Indeed; however someone must have tackled this issue for multiprotocol routing in virtualization environments on Win2k Pro. VMware provides a bridging interface which avoids the issue (and works well), but Virtualbox does not, so a routing solution is needed. Suggesting the use of a server O/S is a bit overkill. I may try at some point to install NT4's multiprotocol router on Win2k Pro for an experiment; has anyone ever tried this? Regards, Michael
