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Chapter 9
Troubleshooting Novell Connectivity
Verify that non-IPX problems are not the cause. This can include over-
loaded segments or down links. Note that many IPX environments
today are also using IP and AppleTalk.
Ethernet Encapsulation Mismatches and Network Settings
As noted previously, Novell networks and their clients can use any of four
different frame types in Ethernet. A client, server, and router all must use the
same frame type in order to communicate, however. The IOS commands
write terminal
or show running-config are useful for reviewing the
encapsulation settings. Note that in this example there are no settings to
reflect the frame type. The router is using the Cisco default of novell-ether or
Ethernet 802.3 on all interfaces. It is important for the administrator to real-
ize that although the default does not have a command in the IOS configu-
ration file, it may differ from the server default or setting.
Router_A#write terminal
Building configuration...
Current configuration:
!
version 11.1
service timestamps debug datetime localtime show-timezone
service timestamps log datetime localtime show-timezone
!
service password-encryption
service udp-small-servers
service tcp-small-servers
!
hostname Router_A
!
ipx routing 0010.0d28.6710
ipx maximum-paths 3
!
interface Ethernet0
mtu 1500
ip address 10.11.10.1 255.255.255.0
ipx network 10
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