Bridge Ethernet Setup - D-Link DI-106 Series User Manual

Bridge Ethernet Setup

Bridging is used to forward packets of unsupported protocols
whose destination is not on the local Ethernet to the WAN.
Basically, all non-local packets are bridged to the WAN; however,
the DI-106M applies special handling for certain IPX packets to
reduce the number of calls, depending on the setting of the "Handle
IPX" field.
If this field is set to None, nothing is done to IPX traffic.
If it is set to Client, all RIP and SAP (Service Advertising
Protocol) periodical response packets will not trigger the call.
If it is set to Server, no RIP or SAP packets will trigger the
call. In addition, during the time when the ISDN line is down,
the DI-106M will reply to the server's watchdog messages on
behalf of remote clients. The period of time that the DI-106M
will do this is linked to the Ethernet Address Timeout
parameter in each Remote Node (see the Remote Node
Configuration chapter starting on page 57). When a remote
Ethernet address is aged out, there is no need to maintain its
connection to the IPX server.
From menu 3, Ethernet Setup, enter "4" to go to menu 3.4, Bridge
Ethernet Setup, shown below:
98 Bridging Configuration