Applications
to the IPX frames they receive from the network. Manual entries may be made in the routing tables by adding static IPX routes.
Novell Servers in One Location Only
Some Novell LAN installations require that a remote LAN that consists of only Novell IPX clients be connected to a central LAN that contains the Novell servers and some more clients. In this configuration, the router IPX router located at the remote site must be configured with the appropriate IPX network numbers. The IPX network number must be configured manually because there is no Novell server at the remote site. The router must act as a Novell server to supply the proper IPX network number to the clients on the remote site LAN.
In the following diagram, the router connected to LAN #2 must be configured with IPX network number 1500 (or any other valid, unique IPX network number) using the appropriate frame type. The clients connected to LAN #2 must also be running with the same frame type as defined on the router. After the routers have established the WAN connection, the IPX routing procedures will cause the names of the services located on LAN #1 to be stored in the services table on the router on LAN #2. When one of the clients on LAN #2 starts up, it will look for a server on the local LAN and the router will respond with the list of servers that are located on LAN #1.
| IPX Network Address |
WAN connection | 1500 - defined on router |
|
IPX Network Address |
1512 |
LAN #1
LAN #2
Novell IPX Client Novell Server | Novell IPX Client Novell IPX Client |
Figure 2 -4 IPX Routed Local Area Networks (Servers on one side)
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