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From: snorthc@RELAY-NSWC.NAVY.MIL
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Subject: Re:  NCSA and KA9Q ??
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Date: 5 Dec 88 14:32:57 GMT
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This is in reply to Dave Crocker's note on Novell and IP.  The problem
we face is:
Islands of Novell lans,
TCP backbones,
the Novell islands want to interoperate with each other.

The Micom/Interlan product will not accomplish this.  I caught the
statement "That is, IP is encpasulated." in Mr. Crocker's reply.
What I need to do is encpasulate the Novell IPX in TCP
packets.  That way, the Novell Islands could interoperate and
use the TCP backbone to link.  Is there any way to do this?

The only idea I have is to purchase the asynch bridges from novell,
connect then into the serial side of a TCP milking machine such as
a 3Com(Bridge) CS/100 which could establish a telnet session.  Then
if we hold our mouths just right perhaps we would have a way of
encapsulating IPX in TCP.  Kludgy, expensive, to be sure.

Novell lan<->asynch<->CS/100<->telnet<->CS/100<->asynch<->Novell lan

What is the right way to solve this problem?

Stephen Northcutt (snorthc@relay-nswc.navy.mil)
(703) 663-7796
If nothing else... OSI will user in the era of the smart card.