Chapter 6

LAN-to-LAN Routing

The NETServer can perform IP or IPX LAN-to-LAN routing with a remote NETServer or third party router. This chapter assumes that the basic installation of all involved routing devices has already been performed.

Setup for NETServer Routing (Overview)

Before you begin, obtain the following information. These items are required for routing connections:

TCP/IP routing

An IP address to connect to. If the remote device is another NETServer, you may use its Net0 IP address (the address you assigned during the startup procedure).

Some routing devices have an IP address assigned to each port rather than just one IP address for the whole box. If this is the case with the remote device, use the address of the port you want to connect to.

The connection protocol (PPP or SLIP) the NETServer will use. If routing IPX, the NETServer will set this for you (as PPP).

The remote system’s netmask

The Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU, the largest packet that the NETServer will send to the remote device); both local and remote MTUs must match.

Whether or not the remote device is configured for Van Jacobson compression.

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