Interface Parameters | Cabletron Systems 1800 specs

X.25 Interface Parameters				(continued)
	Table 15-8 IPX X.25 Interface Parameters

	Parameter	Valid Values		Default Value


	Blocked Port Flag	Y/N		N

	Interface Type	X. 25		Depends on inter-
	Interface Type	X. 25		face number 1
				face number 1
	Fr ame Type	TYPE_II		TYPE_II

	Maximum Tr ansmission Unit (frame size)	31–4096 (bytes)		4096

	IPX Network Address	1–fffffffe		00000000

	Priority	0–9		5

	Bandwidth Allocation Group	1–16		1

	Port Diagnostics Enabled	Y/N		N

	NetBIOS Enabled	Y/N		N

	NetBIOS Hops	0–255		8

	Periodic RIP Enabled	Y/N		N

	Periodic RIP Timer (seconds)	1–65535	2	60

	Periodic SAP Enabled	Y/N		N

	Periodic SAP Timer (seconds)	1–65535	2	60

	RIP Enabled	Y/N		N

	RIP Age Tim er (seconds)	0–65535 2, 3		180
	RIP Maximum Size (bytes)	54–446		446

	SAP Enabled	Y/N		N

	SAP Age Timer (seconds)	0–65535 2, 3		180
	Tr ansport Time (55ms ticks)	1–255		1

	Serialization Enabled	Y/N		N

	Watchdog Spoofing Enabled	Y/N		N

	IPXWAN Enabled	Y/N		N

	Source Subscriber	valid subscriber address 4		none
	Destination Subscriber	valid subscriber address 4		none
	SVC Retry Timer (seconds)	5–60		20

	SVC Idle Timer (minutes)	0–5		1

	Max VCs to Establish	1–8		1

	PVC Connection	Y/N		N

1Valid LAN interface depends on hardware model. Default value is Ethernet or 802.5 (depending on hardware) for Interface 0, and FRL for Interface 1–63 .

2If set to greater than 0 (see note 4), RIP Age Timer must be 3 times longer than Periodic RIP Timer, and SAP Age Timer must be 3 times longer than Per iodic SAP Timer.

3A value of 0 disables aging.

4The addresses specified here must also be configured in Subscriber records, with certain requirements. These are described on page 8-20.

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Cabletron Systems 1800 manual IPX X.25 Interface Parameters

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X.25 Interface Parameters

Table 15-8 IPX X.25 Interface Parameters

face number 1

TYPE_II

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