Applications
Configure as an Ethernet IPX router
The router is preconfigured to operate as an IPX router when installed in an IPX network. The router will learn the IPX network numbers from the local LAN and when the WAN connections are established, the router will route the IPX frames to the appropriate destination IPX network.
The IPX routing scenario may consist of one of the two following configurations. The first configuration consists of Novell servers located on each of the LAN segments to be connected. The second configuration consists of Novell servers located on only one of the LAN segments to be connected. The router IPX router will need to be configured differently in the second configuration with Novell servers located on only one of the LAN segments.
Novell Servers in Both Locations
An Ethernet IPX router is used to intelligently route Novell IPX LAN traffic to remotely connected LANs across the WAN.
WAN connection
IPX Network Address | IPX Network Address | ||
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LAN #1 | LAN #2 | ||
Novell IPX Client Novell Server | Novell Server Novell IPX Client |
Figure 2 - 7 IPX Routed Local Area Networks
(Servers on both sides)
IPX routers forward IPX frames based upon their IPX destination address and an internal routing table. The router maintains the internal routing table with the remote network IPX addresses and the remote partner IPX routers associated with those networks. When an IPX frame is received from the local LAN, the destination IPX address is
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