Configuring The Ipx Address Mapping Gateway - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Configuring the IPX Address Mapping Gateway

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Internetwork Packet Exchange
The IPX Address Mapping Gateway allows you to connect to a backbone
network even when your local network numbers are not compatible with the
backbone addressing scheme.
To configure the IPX Address Mapping Gateway, complete the following
steps:
1
Load NIASCFG and select the following parameter path:
Select Configure NIAS > Protocols and Routing > Protocols > IPX
2
Select Address Mapping Gateway and select Enabled .
3
Select Address Mapping Gateway Configuration , select Address
Mapping Network Number , and enter the number to which your local
network will be mapped.
NOTE:
You must enter a registered address unique to the backbone.
One number is supported for each router. Additionally, this number is
included as part of the SAP name advertised by the IPX Address Mapping
Gateway. The SAP name is used by other gateways to locate gateways
that use the same address mapping network number when a packet with
an unknown reverse mapping is received.
4
Configure the following parameters as needed.
To configure the maximum number of address mappings that is
allocated during router initialization, select Maximum Address
Mapping Entries and enter the desired number of mapping entries.
The default is 1,000 mapping entries.
To configure the amount of time an address mapping is remembered
after the last mapping entry was used, select Address Mapping Hold
Time and enter the desired amount of time in minutes, hours, and days.
After the holding time expires, the mapping is dropped and new packets
must flow from the customer network to the backbone to renew the
mapping. This process allows mapping slots to be reused. The default
hold time for mapping is one hour.
To use outbound RIP filters to determine nonmappable networks, in
addition to manually configuring nonmappable entries, select Use
RIP Filters for Nonmappable Networks and select Enabled.