ifconfig: socket: Protocol not supported

[Greg Caskey <gregc@vtn-tech.com>]

Hi....

I have setup an openbsd 2.9 machine as a firewall with dual nic cards.  I
have successfully connected the Internet connection for out connectivity and
have the intranet connection connected with some basic firewall rules and
all is well.  Web, email, file/print services are working in and out of the
site.

I need to now enable IPX for a limited number of users with a Novel server
so they access the site.  However when I try the ifconfig ipx command as per
the man page I receive the error "ifconfig: socket: Protocol not supported".
I am wondering is this message because there is no compiled support for IPX
in the kernel or am I missing something else?

As per the ifconfig man page, I am converting the IP address to hex and
using this as the ******* in the number below.  for example 10.0.0.5 = ipx
A005.  Is this correct?

# ifconfig fxp1 ipx ********
ifconfig: socket: Protocol not supported

Greg
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