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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

3760.0. "slow ipx login and oversized frames on FDDI" by STU03::RUEGGEN () Thu Aug 01 1996 07:34

    
    Hello,
    
    I have connected a PC runnin Netware 3.12 to a port of the
    DECswitch900EF (V1.61). On the FDDI port there is a Novell
    Server equipped with a DEFPA interface. When I try to login
    from the PC it takes very long for the password to appear.
    A program called syscon also takes very long to execute.
    On the FDDI port of the bridge I can see many "oversized"
    frames.
    When I decrease a parameter called receive packet size on the
    Novell server to 1500 I can login with no problem and the oversized
    frames disappear.
    In the readme file there is a reccomendation to have this parameter
    at 4500 or above.
    
    Could anyone please shed some light onto this ? 
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3760.1Raw IPX?MXOC00::CSILVACarlos@MXO 7296514 Free but focusedThu Aug 01 1996 18:468
    Are you using RAW IPX?, I mean IPX packets in a 802.3 frame 
    with no 802.2 or Ethernet II encapsulation.
    
    You can enable the feature in the Module Specific Options
    Menu from the setup console in most of the latest firmware
    versions.
    
    For more info on this checho notes 3635, 1821, 1511 and 1444
3760.2No Raw IPXSTU03::RUEGGENFri Aug 02 1996 05:098
    Hello,
    
    no they are not using RAW IXP but Ethernet_II. I had enabled RAW IPX
    initially when I didn't know their frame type.
    
    Any more ideas ?
    Regards
    Ulrich Rueggen
3760.3Try asking this question in UPSAR:FDDI notes confNETCAD::BATTERSBYFri Aug 02 1996 13:128
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    You might want to ask this question in the FDDI notes conference.
    The adapters folks responsible for products like the DEFPA
    might be able to shed some light on the implications of the
    receive packet size using a DEFPA on a Novell server.
    
    Bob