You're implementing a network for your company from scratch. You've just completed installing the CAT-5 wiring, RJ-45 jacks, and Fast Ethernet switches that will service your network. During the…

NetWare's IPX auto-detection works by listening for active IPX frames on the network segment. Because the only system on the network is the server being installed, no existing IPX traffic is present, so the installer falls back to the default frame type of Ethernet_802.2. This has been the NetWare default since version 4.x, replacing the older Ethernet_802.3 (Ethernet_RAW) default used in NetWare 2.x and 3.x.

802.3 (Ethernet_RAW) was the default IPX frame type for legacy NetWare 2.x and 3.x but is not the default for OES NetWare or any version 4.x and later.

802.5 is a Token Ring frame type and is inapplicable to a Fast Ethernet environment built with CAT-5 cabling and RJ-45 connectors.

Ethernet_II is primarily used for TCP/IP encapsulation and is not the default frame type selected when IPX auto-detection finds no existing traffic.

Ethernet_SNAP is not the default IPX frame type; it is used for specific protocol encapsulation and is not automatically chosen when no traffic is detected.