IPX/SPX on Windows Server 2008 R2?

Solution 1:

The workaround would be to configure the Netware server for TCP/IP and drop IPX/SPX. It's 2013! This will probably involve an upgrade, but that Netware 3.1 server is twenty years old now.

Solution 2:

Sure. From this link:

 IPX/SPX has been officially removed from windows server system since
 2008.

 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753256(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_6



 But based on my experience , here is workaround that install this
 protocol for server 2008 :



 1.       Cope files of path below from server 2003 to same path on server 2008:

 ·         Windows\System32\drivers(nwlnkipx.sys,nwlnkspx.sys)

 ·         Windows\inf(netnwlnk.inf)

 ·         Windows\System32(wshisn.dll,nwprovau.dll)

 2.       perform install new protocol steps on 2008, and you can found that IPX/SPX is listed in viable protocol list.

Being 32 bit drivers, I'm not sure what problems you'll run into on a natively 64 bit OS, but this is a workaround, so I guess issues are not unexpected.

(Having posted that, you really should do like Mark suggested and let obsolete technology rest in peace.)