AREV through a VPN-Cannot force it to use IPX (AREV Specific)
At 02 OCT 2001 04:40:06PM Brenda Blazek wrote:
My company has installed a VPN at a remote location for users to dial in to our network. We are running client software Novell 3.1. We are able to connect, but when Arev is launched, it fails. Evidently Arev uses IPX, and the VPN software uses IP. I am trying to force this type of connection through the pipe, but it is not working. Has anyone out there successfully used Arev through a Virtual Private Network, and how do you get around this issue? The rest of the VPN works fine, and users are able to work in other platforms.
At 02 OCT 2001 05:18PM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:
The problem is not so much AREV using IPX, as Netware conventionally demands IPX be used as a protocol (in Netware versions 3 & 4). Netware 5 uses IP, but AREV can't accommodate it. There are some products which insert IPX packets into IP packets and translate them at the other end - can't comment too much about these.
If you want to run AREV over IP, then you must use a terminal emulator such as Citrix or Winframe, usually with a NT/2000 server. Products like PC Anywhere and Laplink are often used for supporting AREV applications at remote points on VPNs, but not for data entry or workstation chores, owing to speed and handling issues.
There is the potential for a pure TCP/IP driver for AREV as a future product release. I'd "watch this space". We expect some seriously beneficial product offerings from Revelation Software over the next 12 months, including TCP/IP-based offerings.
You might also consider products like out very own S/Web, which
runs TCP/IP back to an AREV application using a web browser-based user interface.
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