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Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) Protocol
Overview of auto_detect and auto_adapt modes
A port set to auto_detect or auto_adapt mode allows IPX or CLI dial-in access.
Use auto_detect or auto_adapt mode with proprietary IPX if:
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Your network environment supports mixed protocols and you are not concerned about which
users will be dialing into which ports.
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You want to administer and secure the port using na or admin.
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You do not need proprietary IPX dial-out or routing functions.
A port set to auto_detect mode automatically determines the protocol of an incoming packet and
converts to ipx or CLI (or ppp or arap) accordingly. A port set to auto_adapt
mode automatically
detects whether packets are incoming or outgoing. For incoming packets, the port behaves as if it
were set to auto_detect mode, then determines the incoming protocol and converts to the appropriate
mode. For outgoing packets, the port operates in slave mode (see Slave Ports on page A3-13), which
has no meaning in a Novell context.
An auto_detect port defaults to cli mode if the Model 5390 server does not detect a particular
protocol within 30 seconds. Pressing the Return key immediately upon connecting to an
auto_detect port also puts the port in cli mode. From cli mode, the user can then set the port to ipx
mode by issuing the ipx command.
In Figure A9-4, if the modes for ports 4 and 11 are auto_detect or auto_adapt, and an IPX packet
arrives on either port, the result is the same as if the port mode is set to ipx. If PPP, AppleTalk, or
CLI connection is made to the port, the port behaves as if its mode were set to that protocol. To
configure auto_detect/auto_adapt ports, see Configuring auto_detect and auto_adapt mode Ports
and Modems on page A9-24.
NOTE:
An auto_detect or auto_adapt port also allows PPP and ARAP
access. Although these protocols are not meaningful for proprietary
IPX, the fact that they can access the Model 5390 server through this
kind of port compromises Model 5390 security. For a completely secure
auto_detect or auto_adapt port, configure native security for each pro-
tocol that can access it (for example, configure PAP or CHAP for PPP).
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