NETWORK CONFIGURATION
Planning the IPX/SPX network
To use Lotus Domino with IPX/SPX, at least one NetWare server must exist on the network. Notes workstations and Domino servers access the NetWare server and use its name services -- namely, the Bindery Service or the Novell Directory Service (NDS) -- to locate other Domino servers on the IPX/SPX network. The NetWare server and a Domino system may be separated by a switch, bridge, or router and do not have to be on the same LAN.

When you use the Novell Bindery Service with Lotus Domino, note the following:


If Lotus Domino and the NetWare server are on different LANs, make sure that local routers are not filtering Bindery Service or NDS NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) broadcasts.

The IPX protocol stack service (Novell or Microsoft) on a Domino server or Notes workstation must point to the local NetWare server as its preferred server and/or preferred tree. Other Domino servers or Notes workstations do not need to access the same local NetWare server as their preferred server or tree.

A Domino server can access only one NIC for the IPX protocol and only one instance of the SPX port driver. Make sure you have not bound the IPX protocol to more than one NIC or frame type on the system that is running the Domino server.

Note The use of TCP/IP tunneling of NRPC-IPX/SPX connections is not supported.

Note NDS access is supported only over the IPX/NCP protocol.

For detailed system requirements for using Lotus Domino on IPX/SPX, see the Release Notes.

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