ZyXEL Communications 641 manual Remote Node Bridging Setup, Client, Server

Prestige 641 ADSL Internet Access Router

From Menu 3 - Ethernet Setup, enter 4 to bring up Menu 3.4 - Bridge Ethernet Setup as shown next.

Menu 3.4 - Bridge Ethernet Setup

Handle IPX= None

Press ENTER to CONFIRM or ESC to CANCEL:

Press Space Bar to Toggle.

Figure 7-1 Menu 3.5 - Bridge Ethernet Setup

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

Table 7-1 Bridge Ethernet Setup Menu - Handle IPX Field Configuration

Handle IPX Field	Description
Options
(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 641 will reply to watchdog messages from the servers on behalf
	of remote clients. The period of time that your Prestige 641 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.

7-2 Bridging Setup