Verifying IPX Connectivity and Troubleshooting
IPX ping is a useful tool in helping to identify IPX connectivity issues. Two different types of pings are available in IPX. The first, a Cisco Echo, is Cisco proprietary; only IOS devices answer these Echo packets. The second, a Novell Standard Echo, is supported by IOS devices and NetWare servers running version 1.0 or later of the NLSP specification.
From an IOS device in EXEC nonprivileged mode, you can send Cisco Echoes using the IOS EXEC command ping ipx. The IOS EXEC command ping ipx sends five 100-byte IPX Cisco Echoes to a given IPX address, as shown in the following example on the SF-Core-1 router:
SF-Core-1#ping ipx 10.0000.0c0c.23ce Type escape sequence to abort. Sending 5, 100-byte ...Get Cisco Router Configuration, Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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