Protocol And Standards; Configuring Ipx Basic Functions; Configuring Ipx Routing; Configuration Prerequisite - 3Com MSR 50 Series Configuration Manual

Protocol and Standards

Configuring IPX Basic
Functions
Configuring IPX
Routing
Configuration
Prerequisite
Novell is to set the packet type contained in the IPX header to 20, indicating that
the IPX packet is a NetBIOS packet. A device must forward such packets according
to certain rules to ensure that NetBIOS packets are transmitted in the IPX network.
Protocol standards associated with IPX include:
RFC1132: Standard for the transmission of 802.2 packets over IPX networks
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RFC1634: Novell IPX Over Various WAN Media (IPXWAN)
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Table 72 Follow these steps to configure IPX basic functions:
To do...
Enter system view
Enable IPX protocol
Enter interface view
Configure an IPX
network number for the
interface
n
The node address specified with the ipx enable [ node node ] command is the
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global node address, used by all the interfaces but the Ethernet interfaces on
the router. If no node address is specified, the router specifies the MAC of the
first Ethernet interface as the global node address; if no Ethernet interfaces are
available, the router generates the global node address randomly according to
the system clock. An Ethernet interface uses its own MAC address as the node
address rather than the global one.
The VLAN interface uses its own MAC address as the node address. Therefore,
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you need not specify a node address when enabling IPX.
An interface can only have one network number. If the IPX network number of
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an interface is deleted, its IPX configuration and static routing information will
be deleted.
With the IPX protocol enabled on an interface, the system will automatically
enable RIP to maintain and advertise dynamic routing information. You can
configure the following routing features based on the actual network
requirements:
Configuring IPX static routes
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Configuring IPX route number limit
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Configuring IPX RIP static route redistribution
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Configuring IPX RIP related parameters
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Before this configuration, you need to configure basic IPX functions.
Use the command...
system-view
ipx enable [ node node ]
interface interface-type
interface-number
ipx network
network-number

Configuring IPX Basic Functions

Remark
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Required
Disabled by default.
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Required
By default, no network number is
specified for the interface that is, IPX
is still disabled on the interface even
IPX is enabled in system view.
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