USER’S GUIDE
68 SmartSwitch Remote Access Module
V
ERIFYING
AN
IPX R
EMOTE
LAN C
ONNECTION
To verify that IPX routing is properly operating over a WAN Remote LAN interface, a remote IPX
router (in our example this is SITE1) must be operational and connected to the Remote LAN. The
remote bridge device (in our example, this is SITE2) must be operational and available to initiate
connections.
1.
From the router (SITE1), verify that the IPX Remote LAN interface has initialized. On the
router’s administration console type:
dr
You should see messages stating that the IPX network has initialized successfully on xxxx.
Verify that “xxxx” is the network number of the Remote LAN.
2.
Determine the router’s (SITE1) MAC address. From the router, issue the command:
ver
3.
From the remote bridge (SITE2), attempt to access the IPX router by issuing the following
administration console command:
ipx diag xxxx:yyyyyyyyyyyy
where:
xxxx
is the IPX Network Number
yyyyyyyyyyyy
is the router’s MAC address
4.
Verify the call has come up. From the router side (SITE1), issue the following administration
console command to display the monitor connections screen:
mc
If the call is displayed on the monitor connections screen, the IPX Remote LAN interface is
operational. If the call is not displayed, refer to
IPX Routing over the Remote LAN Connection
in
the Problem Diagnosis chapter.
V
ERIFYING
IPX R
OUTING
OVER
A
WAN C
ONNECTION
To verify the operation of IPX Routing over a WAN connection:
1.
Determine if NetWare Client A can see the remote NetWare Server “remote.” To do this,
activate NetWare Client A’s desktop network neighborhood feature. Then check to see if
“remote” is included in Client A’s network neighborhood.
2.
If “remote” is included in Client A’s network neighborhood, them IPX over the WAN
connection is operational. If it does not appear in the network neighborhood, then IPX over the
WAN connection is not operational. Refer to
IPX Routing Over the WAN Connection
in the
Problem Diagnosis chapter.
