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> From: Gary Kunis <gkunis@cisco.com>
> 
> The novell-ether specifies using Novell's variant of the ieee802.3
> format.  The arpa specifies using Ethernet 2.0 framing with a proto-
> col type of 8137.  Use the novell-ether when you want to exchange info
> w/ typical IPX hosts (PCs).  Use the arpa encapsulation when you are
> dealing w/ beasts like VAXs that are supporting IPX.
> 
> Novel-ether is used 999 out of 1000 times.
> 

 Arpa encapsulation is also used when dealing with PCs running IP and IPX over
 a packet driver (ala PC-TCP from ftp software).  If your server has been
 modified via econfig, you need to use Arpa encapsulation.  If you have Netware
 3.11, you can run both encapsulations on a single interface, with different
 network numbers; this gives you "local router" capability.  (I'd like to see
 Cisco support this, too!)  The default encapsulation for Netware 3.11 is still
 novell's proprietary scheme; you can see which you use by consulting the
 STARTUP.NCF file on the server (or asking someone who can do so).


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