TotalNET Advanced Server 5.2 Administration Guide

Do IPX network numbers correspond to interface frame types?

For the server network interface, make sure that you have configured the correct frame type and associated it with the correct hexadecimal NetWare network number. To find out the correct rame type/network number combination, look at Novell server configurations or run ipxprobe after shutting down IPXd. If your network does not contain a Novell server, you can use any hexadecimal number unique for the frame type.

TotalNET IPX supports full routing, which means that you can configure it to use more than one network interface, and it supports multiple frame types on each interface. TAS treats a single physical network as a collection of distinct logical networks using distinct interface frame types and performs routing among the logical networks just as it does their physical networks, so each frame type on the system must associate with a different net number.

You can configure each interface for a number of frame types with corresponding network numbers. For instance, interface_1 might have frametype_x with netnumber_x and frametype_y with netnumber_y, and interface_2 might have frametype_x with netnumber_x and and frametype_z with netnumber_z. You must use a unique net number for the internal frame type in the NetWare realm. Never delete the internal frame type.

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To check frame types and network numbers from the UNIX command line, use the command


tniface -R -n tnipx