User Guide

110 Novell Client for Windows
Novell Client for Windows
103-000159-001
December 7, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
IPX Compatibility Network Number over the LAN adapter but configure a
different network number for IPX Compatibility to use over the RAS
connection (WAN adapter). You should be aware that nodes utilizing IPX
Compatibility on the same network should be configured to use the same
network number in order to directly communicate when using Client/Server
IPX applications.
The IPX stack arbitrarily selects a network attachment for 16-bit IPX/SPX
applications because those applications expect to operate on workstations with
only one network attachment. For this reason, you might find that your 16-bit
IPX/SPX applications are capable of communicating over your LAN adapter
only when you also have a RAS connection over a WAN adapter.
If you have a multihomed Novell IP Client and you want to use the service of
IPX Compatibility over only one of the network attachments and you are
getting unwanted results, then you can disable IPX Compatibility over the
other network attachments. For example, if you have a workstation connected
to the corporate network through LAN adapter A and connected to a lab
network through LAN adapter B, and IPX Compatibility only seems to work
over LAN adapter B, you can force IPX Compatibility to work over LAN
adapter A by opening the IPX Compatibility property page, selecting LAN
adapter B, and unchecking the Enabled check box.
IPX Compatibility and Changing IP Addresses
When the IP address of a given interface changes, you might not be able to
restore the connections that you had to IPX servers from your Novell IP
Client, or your IPX/SPX applications might stop working. If this occurs, you
will have to restart your workstation to recover.
IP interface addresses can change because of TCP/IP manual configuration
changes, because a DHCP lease expires and is renewed with a different
address, or because your network connection goes down and then back up
(such as when you re-establish a RAS connection).
You can avoid the changing address problem over RAS connections if you
statically configure the IP address that your workstation uses over the dial-up
adapter.
DOS Utilities Supported Only When Used with IPX or IP Compatibility Mode
DOS utilities (CX, MAP, CAPTURE, etc.) are supported only when used with
IPX or IP Compatibility Mode. Use the equivalent GUI-based utilities when
accessing resources that are available only from IP servers.