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Internet address is 172.16.10.1/24

IPX address is 10.0060.7015.63d6 (NOVELL-ETHER)

IPX address is 10A.0060.7015.63d6 (SAP)

Ethernet0.10 is up, line protocol is up

IPX address is 10B.0060.7015.63d6

Ethernet0.100 is up, line protocol is up

IPX address is 10C.0060.7015.63d6

Serial0 is up, line protocol is up

Internet address is 172.16.20.1/24

IPX address is 20.0060.7015.63d6

Notice that you can see all configured interfaces' addresses, even for the

subinterfaces. However, although the primary, secondary, and subinterfaces
show the interface addresses, the subinterfaces do not show the encapsula-
tion types.

Remember, there are only two commands that show you the IPX address

of an interface: show ipx interface and show protocols.

The Debug IPX Command

The debug ipx commands show you IPX as it's running through your inter-
network. It's noteworthy that you can see the IPX RIP and SAP updates with
this command, but be careful--it can consume your precious CPU if you
don't use it wisely.

The two commands that are the most useful with IPX are debug ipx

routing activity

and debug ipx sap activity, as shown in the router

output below:

RouterA#debug ipx routing ?

activity IPX RIP routing activity

events IPX RIP routing events

Let's take a look at each command.

The Debug IPX Routing Activity Command

The debug ipx routing activity command shows information about
IPX routing updates that are transmitted or received on the router.

RouterA#debug ipx routing act

IPX routing debugging is on

RouterA#

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