Hi!
We have problems with IPX. Clients do not configure automatically. If network-address and type (802.3) are set manually, they work. But they do not configure automatically. The router-config has not been changed. Can this be a problem of the router?
Thanks. Joe
What operating system is being used on PCs?
What type of switch do they connect to?
Are the switch portsconfigured to use the portfast feature ?
The first thing an IPX client does is to issue a GNS request (get nearest server), A cisco router will respond to a GNS request thus providing the client with its network address.
You can load a sniffer (Etherreal) on one of the problem PCs and see whether the GNS request and response are occurring.
Thank you.
Is it also possible to debug GNS on the cisco router? Do I find it in debug sap ... or debug ipx ... ?
Joe
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Did you verify that portfast is enabled on the switches that the problem PCs are connected to ?
You could use debug ipx packet. Be aware that every IPX packet will be displayed, so I would NOT recommend this.
It is very easy to install and run Ethereal - see (
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