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When troubleshooting, especially in unfamiliar networks, remember that
SAP announcements are occasionally filtered with access lists. This may be
for traffic management or to establish a security policy. Researching a ser-
vice unavailabletype problem should include a review of the access lists on
all intermediate routers.
Novell Router Diagnostic Tools
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wide variety of troubleshooting commands is available within the
Cisco IOS for resolving IPX networking problems. Although it is important
to use all available tools to resolve a network problem--including protocol
analyzers, workstation and server applications--most troubleshooting steps
are augmented by the IOS commands. As such, there is an emphasis on the
following commands and their capabilities to assist as part of an overall
problem-resolution strategy:
The most widely used commands include the following:
ping
commands
show
commands
debug
commands
ping Commands
Cisco routers provide a Ping utility for troubleshooting IPX connectivity
problems, much like the IP Ping utility. This utility can be used to verify that
the routing tables are being updated correctly, and that all interfaces and seg-
ments are available.
Novell IPX resources do not respond to the Cisco IPX Ping without the config-
uration command ipx ping-default novell or the Novell Standard Echo.
The following example demonstrates an IPX Ping to a Cisco router's net-
work 200 interface:
Router_A#ping ipx 200.0000.30c0.9690
Type escape sequence to abort.
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