Re: NLSP/IPXWAN IPX Questions concerning Fatkid 330

From: Eric Fairfield (eric.fairfield@xxxxxxxx)
Date: Sun Jan 14 2001 - 14:59:22 GMT-3


   
> (1) In the hints section (2a) it states that Netware 3.12 servers
> default to Novell's 802.3 encapsulation (novell-ether) and Netware 4.0
> and above use 802.2 (sap). It's been a while since I setup a Netware
> 3.12 server but I was pretty sure it defaulted to 802.2. (I agree with
> the Netware 4.0 and above) This doesn't really matter *unless* they do
> something like this in the lab. I would hope that cisco would specify
> the desired frame type in the lab rather than expect one to know the
> Netware defaults per version.

3.12 default is Ethernet_802.2 or SAP in Ciscoese.

>
> (2) Again in the hints section (3c) it states that "NLSP cannot be sent
> out out on HDLC encapsulated IPX serial connections". My NLSP seems to
> work fine on my HDLC interfaces. Caslow says (pg 514) that "NLSP cannot
> be configured on loopback interfaces or physical Frame-Relay interfaces.
>
> Also, it cannot be configured on frame-relay multipoint interfaces". He
> doesn't mention HDLC. Should NLSP work across HDLC ?
>

NLSP should work over HDLC.

> (3) Hints sections (3c) again, "NLSP requires IPXWAN on serial
> circuits". Again, my NLSP seems to work fine without IPXWAN on the
> serial circuits. I intend to reconfigure with IPXWAN on them but it
> doesn't seem to be *required*.
>
> Am I missing something here?
>

Eric Fairfield
CCIE #6413



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