Applications

The following steps must be performed on the router connected to LAN #2.

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IPX Routing Disabled

Location: Main

 

 

Ä Configuration

 

Ä IPX Routing Set-up

 

Ä IPX Routing

 

Disabling IPX routing allows the IPX frame types to be modified.

Configuration:

IPX Routing does not need to be disabled in order to change the defined

Note

network numbers on a PPP router.

IPX Frame Types

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Location: Main

Ä Configuration

 

 

Ä LAN Set-up

 

Ä LAN IPX Set-up

 

Ä Ethernet-II Frames

 

Ä RAW 802.3 Frames

 

Ä IEEE 802.2 Frames

 

Ä 802.2 SNAP Frames

 

Define the IPX network number for the appropriate frame type. Note

 

that IPX network numbers must be unique. If more than one frame

 

type is to be used, each frame type must have a unique IPX network

 

number. There must be no duplicate IPX network numbers within your

 

entire IPX routed network they must all be unique. The IPX network

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numbers may be any value from 0 to FFFFFFFF HEX.

IPX Routing Enabled

 

 

Location: Main

 

Ä Configuration

 

Ä IPX Routing Set-up

 

Ä IPX Routing

 

IPX routing must be re-enabled to allow the router to operate as an

 

IPX router with the newly defined IPX network numbers.

 

All connected router IPX routers must have IPX routing enabled for

 

IPX routing to take place between the LANs. When one of the routers

 

on a network has IPX routing disabled, all of the router IPX routers will

 

become bridges only for IPX frames.

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