Full Routing; Multi-Protocol Support - Bay Networks 5390 Administering

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Introduction to the Model 5390 Server

Send test messages to users.

Perform a remote loopback test on other hosts.

Full Routing

The Model 5390 server supports full routing that allows access to all

TCP/IP hosts on the network, regardless of location. The network's complexity is not an issue: it

can be simple or it can have many subnets and gateways to other networks (for more details on

routing, see Internet Protocol (IP) Routing starting on page A12-1).

Full routing includes:

Passive routing in which the Model 5390 server uses the Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

to learn routes.

Active routing in which the Model 5390 server uses RIP to advertise learned routes. (The

network administrator enables this feature by setting the option_key parameter to a value

obtained from the Model 5390 supplier).

Hardwired routing for smaller networks.

The Model 5390 server supports multiple protocols, allowing access to Novell NetWare, TCP/IP,

ARA, and LAT hosts and services. The telnet and rlogin commands access TCP/IP hosts; the

connect command accesses LAT services; and remote ARA users dial into the Model 5390 server

and become directly connected ARA network users.