ZyXEL Communications 480 manual Remote Node Bridging Setup, Menu 3.5 Bridge Ethernet Setup

Prestige 480 Dual BRI ISDN Router

Menu 3.5 - Bridge Ethernet Setup

The following table describes how to configure the Handle IPX field in Menu 3.5.

Bridge Ethernet Setup Menu - Handle IPX Field Configuration

Handle IPX Field	Description
(Menu 3.5)
None	When there is no IPX traffic on the LAN or when you do not want to apply any
	special handling for IPX.
Client	When there are only client workstations on the LAN. RIP and SAP (Service
	Advertising Protocol) response packets will not trigger calls.
Server	When there are only IPX servers on the LAN. No RIP or SAP packets will trigger
	calls. In addition, during the time when the line is down, your Prestige will reply to
	watchdog messages from the servers on behalf of remote clients. The period of
	time that your Prestige will do this is linked to the Ethernet Address Timeout
	parameter in each remote node (see Remote Node Configuration). When a remote
	Ethernet address is aged out, there is no need to maintain its connection to the IPX
	server.

If there are both clients and servers on the LAN, and the local clients will access the remote servers, set this field to Server but turn on the Dial-On-Broadcastparameter in Menu 11.3 to allow the client queries to trigger calls.

7.2.1 Remote Node Bridging Setup

Follow the procedure in Chapter 5 to configure the protocol-independent parameters in Menu 11.1 - Remote Node Profile. For bridging-specific parameters, you need to configure Menu 11.3 - Remote Node Network Layer Options.

To setup Menu 11.3 - Remote Node Network Layer Options, follow these steps:

Step 1. In Menu 11.1, make sure the Bridge field is set to Yes.

7-2 Bridging Setup