Troubleshooting Ipx Configuration - 3Com MSR 50 Series Configuration Manual

Troubleshooting IPX
Configuration
# Set the packet encapsulation format on the Ethernet interface to
Ethernet_SNAP.
[RouterB-Ethernet1/1] ipx encapsulation snap
[RouterB-Ethernet1/1] quit
# Enable IPX on the interface Ethernet1/0, with the network ID being 1001.
[RouterB] interface ethernet 1/0
[RouterB-Ethernet1/0] ipx network 1001
[RouterB-Ethernet1/0] quit
# Configure a Server file service information item.
[RouterB] ipx service 4 server 2.0000-0c91-f61f 451 hop 2
# Configure a Server print service information item.
[RouterB] ipx service 26B tree 2.0000-0c91-f61f 5 hop 2
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RIP and SAP are automatically enabled when the ipx network command is issued
on an IPX interface. Therefore, in this example, no routing protocol is configured.
IPX forwarding failure
Symptom 1: IPX can not go up on a PPP link.
Solution:
Confirm whether network IDs of both ends of the link are the same.
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Reconfigure them if they are different.
Confirm whether node IDs of both ends of the link are different. Reconfigure
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them if they are the same.
Symptom 2: Failed to ping a destination address.
Solution:
Confirm whether the destination address is correct.
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Use the display ipx interface command to check the interface configuration.
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The network ID and IPX frame encapsulation format on the directly connected
interfaces must be the same.
Use the display ipx routing-table command to display routing information.
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Check whether a route to the destination network is available.
Enable IPX packet debugging using the debugging ipx packet command.
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According to the detailed information displayed about IPX packets received,
transmitted, forwarded and discarded, you can locate the error.
Symptom 3: Packets are discarded.
Solution:

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