Re: IPX Networking
I had the same problem. I think it is caused by the netware server using
different protocols simultaneously. You only want your computer to pay
attention to one of them.
So, you have to manually configure the ipx package.
Here's how I did it:
type in "cat /proc/net/ipx_interface". That shows you something like this:
Network Node_Address Primary Device Frame_Type
00000009 00A02422B7BE Yes eth0 EtherII
00001025 00A02422B7BE No eth0 802.3
00000000 00A02422B7BE No eth0 802.2
Now, I only want the Primary one, that is EtherII, network number 9.
So, I set up my /etc/ipx.conf like this:
# this attempts auto-configuration
IPX_AUTO_PRIMARY=off
IPX_AUTO_INTERFACE=off
IPX_CONFIGURED=yes
# for manual configuration, set IPX_CONFIGURED=yes,
# and set the options below for your system
IPX_DEVICE=eth0
IPX_FRAME=EtherII # either 802.2, 802.3 or EtherII
IPX_INTERNAL_NET=no
IPX_NETNUM=9 # your internal network number
# routing options
IPX_SERVER_ROUTE=no # setup route to external server?
IPX_SERVER_NETNUM=0 # your server's internal network number
IPX_SERVER_NODENUM=000000000000 # your server's node number
and, it works for me.
You'll want the ncpfs package for all the basic netware client utilities.
Also, be sure to read the IPX-HOWTO.
-Brad
On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, richard wrote:
> Hallo again.
> I want to try and get my machine to access the local Windows 95 network and
> the Novell server. Now I assume that I'm going to need samba to access the shared Win95
> drives but that can wait. Firstly I need to get access to the Novell server. I assume that this
> is going to need to IPX networking package. I've built IPX into the kernel, but I don't know
> how to go about accessing the Network.
> After installing the IPX package (thinking I could fiddle later) I kept receiving
> the following message:
> "IPX: Network number collision 74201
> eth0 802.3 and eth0 802.2"
> What does this mean? I didn't just get one ot two either, the vt was rendered unusuable by
> the sheer volume of message scrolling past. So my three immediate questions are,
> what does the message mean, what caused it, and how do I get remove the problem?
> I'll read the Network Administrators Guide before I bother anyone about connecting to
> Netware servers ;-)
>
> Thanks again...
>
> *
> * "This job's too hard for us" -Andy and Randy Pig
> *
>
>
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