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I have Netware 5.1 Running IPX protocol in order to access remotely the file server through VPN there is a need to enable TCP/IP and assign IP address . I have never setup IP in Novell before can anyone help a step by step guide how to do it, as I want to maintain the IPX protocol as well.

Thank you all.

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A concise, practical checklist to complement the troubleshooting already started by and the pointers from and :

When a NetWare 5.1 server has TCP/IP added alongside IPX but the assigned IP does not respond, the usual causes are: the TCP/IP stack is not actually bound to the NIC that faces the firewall, the server’s routing/default route is missing or incorrect, a local packet filter is blocking ICMP, or an IP address/Netmask conflict exists on the segment. The platform’s internetworking utility is the supported way to create the LOAD/BIND entries that make IP active at boot. (novell.com)

Server‑side diagnostics (console-level) that reliably show what’s happening include viewing the IP routing table and IP->MAC translations, checking ICMP/ARP statistics, and inspecting LAN driver receive buffers. Typical console utilities and actions are shown below; they reveal whether packets reach the stack, whether ARP resolves, and whether the stack is dropping packets or being filtered locally. (support.novell.com)

LOAD TCPCON
LOAD MONITOR
SET TCP ARP DEBUG = ON
UNLOAD IPFLT.NLM

Network-side checks that commonly fix a “no ping” symptom are: verify that the firewall/router actually forwards the external address to the server’s internal IP (or place the server in the DMZ), confirm the server has a correct gateway or static route so replies return to the firewall, and ensure no duplicate IP exists on the subnet. If changes were made with the management utility, reinitializing the networking stack (or rebooting, when safe) forces the saved bindings and routes into the live table. (support.novell.com)

Other frequent pitfalls: the binding was applied to a different/virtual board (team/virtual drivers can be confusing), netmask mismatch that makes the gateway appear off‑subnet, or an IP filter NLM loaded on the server. Prefer using the configuration utility and the console monitors above rather than hand-editing boot scripts; the utility creates the correct load/bind sequence the server needs at startup. (novell.com)

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Hello,

It all really depends on what your environmental demands are. Are you going to ask the Novell server to be a DHCP server too, and have it assign addresses? You will also need to bind TCP/IP to the server's network cards. Once that is done, you will need to check your workstations to see if TCP/IP is installed, and then configure them to either have static addresses, or to talk to the DHCP server.

What is your master plan? You are talking of a big change here.

Christian

Member Avatar for Alem

Hello,

It all really depends on what your environmental demands are. Are you going to ask the Novell server to be a DHCP server too, and have it assign addresses? You will also need to bind TCP/IP to the server's network cards. Once that is done, you will need to check your workstations to see if TCP/IP is installed, and then configure them to either have static addresses, or to talk to the DHCP server.

What is your master plan? You are talking of a big change here.

Christian

Hi, Christian,

I only need to assign static IP address to the server to be reached from outside
The NAT, DHCP and Static IP is handled by the firewall
All the workstation has installed TCP/IP assign static IP to browse the net but they communicate to the Netware server through IPX
Thank you again.
Alem

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Are you using inetcfg to manage your NICs? You do if you have the line 'sys:etc\initsys.ncf' in your autoexec.ncf. The you can add IP as protocol by using the inetcfg.nlm app.

Member Avatar for Alem

Are you using inetcfg to manage your NICs? You do if you have the line 'sys:etc\initsys.ncf' in your autoexec.ncf. The you can add IP as protocol by using the inetcfg.nlm app.

Yes I did
I added the Ip address there but I could not ping the IP address
I thought missed out some parameter since I have not done it before
I could not found any specific procedure/documentation for this

Here is exactly what I did
I run INETCFG
PROTOCOL--
Enable--TCP/IP
Binding—TCP/IP—IP address /NETMASK
Exit
Reboot

if there is any thing I should do, Please let me know
Thank you
Alem

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Sorry for the long delay, forgot my computer on holiday ;)

Could you cut 'n paste the etc\netinfo.cfg? Have you checked the console screen to see if there are any errors while loading the drivers or binding the protocols. Your procedure to add the TCP/IP protocol is fine, nothing wrong with that.

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