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Chapter 9: Token Ring Problems

9-10 Troubleshooting Guide

9.8 Token Ring Users Cannot Communicate with Their Ethernet Servers in a Novell

Environment (IPX)

This can happen using an ETWMIM in an MMAC while operating in a Novell environment (IPX).

NOTE: The issue here is that Token Ring communicates in Most Significant Bit (MSB) mode, while

Ethernet communicates using the Least Significant Bit (LSB) mode. Novell recommends that the users

change their Token Ring drivers to LSB mode. However, when you do change your Token Ring drivers to

LSB mode, everyone that needs to communicate on the Token Ring side must be in LSB mode.

Cabletron Systems provides a parameter in the ETWMIM and 9T122 boards called an IPX translation

switch. This IPX translation switch canonically bit swaps the appropriate data and corrects the IPX issue.

But, because Novell uses an internal MAC address for their SPX connections, you need to keep all SPX

connections to the local segment for Ethernet, or local ring for Token Ring.

Can the Token Ring client communicate with Ethernet servers?

Set the IPX translation in the Token Ring client.

Is the IPX translation set?

Do you have in-band management?

Do you have out-of-band management?

Are your Token Ring clients using ODI drivers?