ZyXEL Communications 128MH user manual IPX Spoofing, Prestige on LAN with Server

Prestige 128MH PSTN Router/Hub

7.2.1 Prestige on LAN with Server

When your Prestige is being connected to a LAN with an existing NetWare server station, you will not need to configure your Prestige as a seed router, and hence the network number parameter in the Ethernet Setup Menu for your Prestige. Your Prestige will learn the network number of the network it is attached to through the regular RIP broadcasts sent by the server and add this route to its routing table.

7.2.2 Prestige on LAN without Server

If your Prestige is connected to a LAN without an existing NetWare server station, then it needs to create a unique external network number to apply to that frame on the LAN. Your Prestige must then be configured as a Seed Router, and the network number can be configured in the Ethernet Setup Menu. The network number must be unique and not used anywhere else on the entire internetwork.

7.3IPX Spoofing

Your Prestige comes with several pre-defined call filters designed to prevent certain IPX packets from triggering a call to a Remote Node. These filters should inform your Prestige which packets should be ignored as traffic.

When you are routing IPX packets, the default call filters are defined as follows:

•Block periodical SAP and RIP response messages.

•Block NetWare serialization packets.

•Allow SAP and RIP inquiry packets.

These call filters prevent your Prestige from making a call to the Remote Node, thus preventing the expense of an unnecessary phone call.

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