Chapter 30 Bridging Setup; Bridging In General; Bridge Ethernet Setup - ZyXEL Communications Prestige 662HW Series User Manual

This chapter shows you how to configure the bridging parameters of your Prestige.

30.1 Bridging in General

Bridging bases the forwarding decision on the MAC (Media Access Control), or hardware address,
while routing does it on the network layer (IP) address. Bridging allows the Prestige to transport
packets of network layer protocols that it does not route, for example, SNA, from one network to
another. The caveat is that, compared to routing, bridging generates more traffic for the same network
layer protocol, and it also demands more CPU cycles and memory.
For efficiency reasons, do not turn on bridging unless you need to support protocols other than IP on
your network. For IP, enable the routing if you need it; do not bridge what the Prestige can route.

30.2 Bridge Ethernet Setup

Basically, all non-local packets are bridged to the WAN. Your Prestige does not support IPX.
30.2.1 Remote Node Bridging Setup
Follow the procedure in another section to configure the protocol-independent parameters in Menu
11.1 – Remote Node Profile. For bridging-related parameters, you need to configure Menu 11.3 –
Remote Node Network Layer Options.
To setup Menu 11.3 – Remote Node Network Layer Options shown in the next figure, follow
1.
these steps:
In menu 11.1, make sure the Bridge field is set to Yes.
2.
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