From: Jeff K. (jeffbk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Aug 24 2001 - 19:21:49 GMT-3
The default IPX ping is the Cisco IPX ping -- you should try using the
Novell standard echo for pinging servers and clients:
Router(config)#ipx ping-default ?
cisco use cisco echoes for IPX ping
diagnostic use Diagnostic Request/Response for IPX ping
novell use Novell Standard echoes for IPX ping
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Whittle" <peter@whittle-systems.demon.co.uk>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 4:36 PM
Subject: PING IPX to PC fails
> I am looking at IPX and am trying to look at the troubleshooting
> facilities available.
>
> In trying to prove the connectivity I am running in to problems, 'ping
> ipx' is providing misleading results! According to ping all the routers
> and the server have ipx connectivity. However, ping claims that there
> is NO connectivity to the PC! Whereas, I can actually connect from the
> PC to the server and copy files and print successfully!
>
>
> I can successfully 'ping ipx' from any router to any other router and to
> the Netware server. The PC client can login and mount the servers
> resources. However, I can not get a ping response from the PC client!!!
>
>
>
>
> I have a simple 3 router scenario:
>
> R1
> e0/0 ipx network 4 802.2 (SAP) --> PC
> s0/0 ipx network 2 DTE / ppp
>
>
> R2
> s0 ipx network 2 DCE / ppp
> s1 ipx network 3 DCE / ppp
>
> R3
> e0 ipx network 10 802.2 (SAP) --> SERVER
> s0 ipx network 3 DTE / ppp
>
> All 3 routers are configured for ipx ping-default Novell.
>
> IPX RIP is running on the two ethernets and eigrp on the rest.
>
> A Windows 95 PC (with MS netware client) is attached to network 4.
> A Netware 5 server is attached to network 10 ethernet.
>
> Any ideas / suggestions please.
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Whittle
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