IPX in 2.4.[5-9]

IPX in 2.4.[5-9]

[Alexandre Hautequest]

Hello all.

What's the actual IPX support in linux? Is it broken since 2.4.7? Or i just need
to recompile my tools against a new kernel version -- the old ones was compiled
in a 2.4.5 -- with any patch, option, whatever?

hquest@condor:~$ dmesg
(snip)
IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc.
IPX Portions Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Conectiva, Inc.
hquest@condor:~$ /sbin/ifconfig -v eth0    
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:F8:08:BD:A1  
          inet addr:172.16.40.2  Bcast:172.16.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          IPX/Ethernet 802.2 addr:AC100000:0000F808BDA1
(snip)
hquest@condor:~$ slist
slist: Server not found (0x8847) in ncp_open
hquest@condor:~$ _

Not flaming anyone, just questioning.

Please cc me, as im not subscribed to list.

TIA

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Re: IPX in 2.4.[5-9]

[Petr Vandrovec]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 06:37:05PM -0300, Alexandre Hautequest wrote:
> Hello all.
> 
> What's the actual IPX support in linux? Is it broken since 2.4.7? Or i just need
> to recompile my tools against a new kernel version -- the old ones was compiled
> in a 2.4.5 -- with any patch, option, whatever?
> 
> hquest@condor:~$ dmesg
> (snip)
> IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc.
> IPX Portions Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Conectiva, Inc.
> hquest@condor:~$ /sbin/ifconfig -v eth0    
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:F8:08:BD:A1  
>           inet addr:172.16.40.2  Bcast:172.16.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
>           IPX/Ethernet 802.2 addr:AC100000:0000F808BDA1
> (snip)
> hquest@condor:~$ slist
> slist: Server not found (0x8847) in ncp_open
> hquest@condor:~$ _
> 
> Not flaming anyone, just questioning.

If you do not have ncpfs-2.2.0.16, but anything newer, or older than 2.2.0.12,
then it should work. If it reports 8847, it means that you have misconfigured
network (search for 8847 on support.novell.com). You have either no server
on 802.2, or you (or admin) disabled Reply To Get Nearest Server on all
servers connected to your wire. You must enable it at least on one of them.
						Best regards,
							Petr Vandrovec
							vandrove@vc.cvut.cz

Re: IPX in 2.4.[5-9]

[Alexandre Hautequest]

> If you do not have ncpfs-2.2.0.16, but anything newer, or older than
> 2.2.0.12, then it should work. If it reports 8847, it means that you have
> misconfigured network (search for 8847 on support.novell.com). You have either
> no server on 802.2, or you (or admin) disabled Reply To Get Nearest Server on
> all servers connected to your wire. You must enable it at least on one of
> them.

Ok, here we goes again ;)

NCPFS is 2.2.0.18. Both mine NW5 (5.01 SP5) servers are in IP and 802.2 IPX
network. No one single line was changed in my NW servers since last year, but --
as i wrote before -- the amazing thing is in 2.4.5 works! i just change kernel
version... no any other change.

About the support search: Nothing was found with this code number, i'm
mantaining telephone contact w/ Novell support ppl here, to ask what this code
means -- hope they knows.

IIRC, this error was showed me some time ago, when i was in another subnet,
trying to route IPX packets to my servers net, and my router (Linux 2.2.19) was
misconfigured -- i was binding primary to a wrong iface, now it works. My
station -- just one iface -- who is in the same net/switch/room of the server
doesn't. :(

I'm thinking about the module load. It doesn't matter if the module is or not
loaded, the error is the same. Look:

root@condor:/home/hquest# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
root@condor:/home/hquest# slist
slist: Server not found (0x8847) in ncp_open
root@condor:/home/hquest# modprobe ipx
root@condor:/home/hquest# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ipx                    19616   0  (unused)
root@condor:/home/hquest# ipx_configure --auto_primary=on --auto_interface=on
root@condor:/home/hquest# /sbin/ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:F8:08:BD:A1  
          inet addr:172.16.40.2  Bcast:172.16.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          IPX/Ethernet 802.2 addr:AC100000:0000F808BDA1
(Yes, AC100000 -- 172.16 -- *is* my IPX net)
root@condor:/home/hquest# slist
slist: Server not found (0x8847) in ncp_open
root@condor:/home/hquest# _

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Re: IPX in 2.4.[5-9]

[kees]

Hi Petr,

While slist from 2.2.18 does indeed work with nwserv , nwuserlist does
not. it returns:

schoen3:/user2/download/www/ncpfs-2.2.0.18 # util/nwuserlist
util/nwuserlist: Unknown server (0x89FC) when initializing

schoen3:/user2/download/www/ncpfs-2.2.0.18 # util/slist

Known NetWare File Servers                          Network   Node Address
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
NW_SCHOEN                                           C0A80A28  000000000001

Kees


On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Petr Vandrovec wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 06:37:05PM -0300, Alexandre Hautequest wrote:
> > Hello all.
> >
> > What's the actual IPX support in linux? Is it broken since 2.4.7? Or i just need
> > to recompile my tools against a new kernel version -- the old ones was compiled
> > in a 2.4.5 -- with any patch, option, whatever?
> >
> > hquest@condor:~$ dmesg
> > (snip)
> > IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc.
> > IPX Portions Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Conectiva, Inc.
> > hquest@condor:~$ /sbin/ifconfig -v eth0
> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:F8:08:BD:A1
> >           inet addr:172.16.40.2  Bcast:172.16.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
> >           IPX/Ethernet 802.2 addr:AC100000:0000F808BDA1
> > (snip)
> > hquest@condor:~$ slist
> > slist: Server not found (0x8847) in ncp_open
> > hquest@condor:~$ _
> >
> > Not flaming anyone, just questioning.
>
> If you do not have ncpfs-2.2.0.16, but anything newer, or older than 2.2.0.12,
> then it should work. If it reports 8847, it means that you have misconfigured
> network (search for 8847 on support.novell.com). You have either no server
> on 802.2, or you (or admin) disabled Reply To Get Nearest Server on all
> servers connected to your wire. You must enable it at least on one of them.
> 						Best regards,
> 							Petr Vandrovec
> 							vandrove@vc.cvut.cz
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Re: IPX in 2.4.[5-9]

[Petr Vandrovec]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 02:38:04PM +0200, kees wrote:
> Hi Petr,
> 
> While slist from 2.2.18 does indeed work with nwserv , nwuserlist does
> not. it returns:
> 
> schoen3:/user2/download/www/ncpfs-2.2.0.18 # util/nwuserlist
> util/nwuserlist: Unknown server (0x89FC) when initializing
> 
> schoen3:/user2/download/www/ncpfs-2.2.0.18 # util/slist
> 
> Known NetWare File Servers                          Network   Node Address
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> NW_SCHOEN                                           C0A80A28  000000000001

It is by definition that way. 'slist' does not accept user name,
and lists all available IPX servers on the network, while all other
utilities require some server and user name, and works with specified 
server only. You can specify default server name and user name in ~/.nwclient 
file (man 5 nwclient), if you are lazy to type it.
					Best regards,
						Petr Vandrovec
						vandrove@vc.cvut.cz

P.S.: ncpfs is NOT tested with MarS
P.P.S.: I assume that you did all tests with "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/user2/
download/www/ncpfs-2.2.0.18/lib", otherwise tools used old system libncp
anyway.

Re: IPX in 2.4.[5-9]

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 06:37:05PM -0300, Alexandre Hautequest escreveu:

> What's the actual IPX support in linux? Is it broken since 2.4.7? Or i

no, it had bugs before for SMP configs and even for UP in some cases 8)

> just need to recompile my tools against a new kernel version -- the old
> ones was compiled in a 2.4.5 -- with any patch, option, whatever?

nothing as far as IPX is concerned
 
> hquest@condor:~$ dmesg
> (snip)
> IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc.
> IPX Portions Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Conectiva, Inc.

you forgot the most important line, the version

> hquest@condor:~$ /sbin/ifconfig -v eth0    
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:F8:08:BD:A1  
>           inet addr:172.16.40.2  Bcast:172.16.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
>           IPX/Ethernet 802.2 addr:AC100000:0000F808BDA1
> (snip)
> hquest@condor:~$ slist
> slist: Server not found (0x8847) in ncp_open
> hquest@condor:~$ _
> 
> Not flaming anyone, just questioning.

I see ;) But Petr, that is the maintainer for ncpfs has already answered,
please do what he asks you to do, as the above message is mostly related
to ncpfs than to IPX.

If the problem persists and you think that is IPX related, please let me
know and I'll take a look, but I haven't received other reports related to
what you describe here.
 
- Arnaldo