[PLUG] firewall

AthlonRob AthlonRob at axpr.net
Fri Mar 3 07:35:13 UTC 2006


Ed Sawicki wrote:
> IPX _is_ globally routable. You just need an IPX-based global network.
> The reason why IPX is not suitable for a network the size of the
> Internet is because packets can't cross more than 15 routers or hops.
> The IPX equivalent of the IP TTL is a 4-bit counter - unless Novell
> changed that in a recent decade. :-)

It is routable, but there's no standardization to say your network won't
use the same addresses my network uses...

Rob



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