Re: Novell 5.22 problem with tree
Marcel Cox
>Networkcard was set to only IPX. I added new network card, set IP
>protocol and ip address and everything is ok. But I think that isn�t
>solution of my problem that ipx doesn�t work. Thanks.
I suspect you have an IPX frame issue combined with an incorrect automatic
frame discovery of the workstations. The issue is that there are multiple
possible IPX frame types and that by default, the workstations try to
automatically discover the correct frame type used on your network. Now if
you have a "rogue" device on your network that uses different frame types
form what your server is using, this could trick workstations into using
the wrong frame type and thus no longer being able to communicate with the
server. This could for example be network printers with IPX enabled, other
special purpose devices or even just Windows workstations.
The best way to avoid this kind of issue is to manually set the IPX frame
type on the workstations to the one matching what the server is using.
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Marcel Cox
>Any ideas how? Thanx...
Well, given I no longer have IPX installed, so I have to quote from memory.
Assuming it's a Windows 2000 or XP workstation, you go through the control
panel into the network options, you select the "local area connection"
that corresponds to your main Ethernet controller and then in the list of
software bound to the adapter, you select the "ipx compatible" protocol.
In the options for that protocol, you should be able to select the frame
type. It is typically set to auto by default. You set it to the frame type
you use on your server (you can see that by typing CONFIG at the server
console). It asks you for an internet network address, but you set that
vaue to 0 because you don't want an internel network address.
As a debugging step on the server, you can also execute the command:
TRACK ON
This will show you all the IPX RIP and SAP traffic. It should for example
show you other services advertised on the network, but it should also show
workstatzion requests at the moment a workstation is started.