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Troubleshooting dhcp ip addresses, Troubleshooting ipx configurations – Allied Telesis AR400 SERIES Software Release 2.7.1 User Manual

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AR400 Series Router User Guide

Software Release 2.7.1

C613-02021-00 REV F

Troubleshooting DHCP IP Addresses

Your router is acting as a DHCP client

If your router is acting as a DHCP client the router should receive its IP address
dynamically. If your router is not receiving an IP address, check that the
domain name and host name are correct.

Your router is acting as a DHCP server

If your router is not assigning IP addresses to a host, or hosts, on the subnet
perform this procedure:

1.

Reboot the host machine, to force it to re-request IP settings.

2.

Check the host’s TCP/IP settings.

In Microsoft® Windows™ 95/98, click SettingsControl Panel
Network

. Select TCP/IP and click Properties. Click Obtain an IP address

automatically

.

In Microsoft® Windows™ 2000, click SettingsControl Panel
Network and Dial-up Connections

Local Area Connection

Properties

. Select Internet connection (TCP/IP) and click Properties. Click

Obtain an IP address automatically

.

3.

Check that the DHCP server has a large enough range of addresses. To
assign a range, enter the command:

CREATE DHCP RANGE

Troubleshooting IPX Configurations

No Routes are Visible to the Remote Router

1.

Check the PPP link

To check that the PPP link is active, enter the command:

SHOW PPP

The display should look like that shown in Figure 25 on page 132. The state
of the IPX control protocol (IPXCP) should be “OPENED”. If not, then the
fault lies with the connection between the two routers, or the PPP
configuration at either end of the link.

Figure 25: Example output from the SHOW PPP command for a basic Novell IPX network.

To interpret output from the SHOW PPP command see the Point-to Point
(PPP)
chapter in the Software Reference.

Name Enabled ifIndex Over CP State

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ppp0 YES 04 IPXCP OPENED

isdn-roho LCP OPENED

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