Environment
Novell NetWare 6.5
Novell NetWare 6.0
Novell NetWare 5.1
Situation
NetWare's TCPIP.NLM does not support the routing of CIDR
(classless, or supernetted) IP addresses or routes. Any
attempts to use the NetWare server to route between subnets will
fail if the server has even one CIDR address bound to it.
This means that you cannot use supernetting to define network routes in the NetWare LAN static routing table. The supernetted route will be ignored and the packet will be sent to the Default Route.
The NetWare server can have a CIDR IP address bound ONLY if the IP Packet Forwarding setting is set to Disabled ("End Node").
This means that you cannot use supernetting to define network routes in the NetWare LAN static routing table. The supernetted route will be ignored and the packet will be sent to the Default Route.
The NetWare server can have a CIDR IP address bound ONLY if the IP Packet Forwarding setting is set to Disabled ("End Node").
Resolution
If the NetWare server has the IP Packet Forwarding setting set to
Enabled ("Router") then all address either bound or listed in the
LAN Static Routing Table MUST be classfull. (A, B, C, or D)