Configuring And Binding The Gateway Driver - Novell NetWare 6 Manual

Configuring and Binding the Gateway Driver

Configuring the MacIPX gateway is similar to configuring a typical LAN
board and binding a network protocol to the board.
Before you begin, you must complete the following tasks:
Ensure that your router has at least 65 KB of RAM available.
Ensure that APPLETLK.NLM is loaded and configured.
Ensure that IPX packet forwarding is turned on.
Know the network number of the IPX network to which the gateway
interface is attached.
Know the number of MacIPX clients that will be served by the gateway.
To configure the MacIPX gateway, complete the following steps:
1
Load NIASCFG, then select the following parameter path:
Select Configure NIAS > Protocols and Routing > Boards > Press Ins
> MACIPXGW
2
Configure the MACIPXGW driver.
2a
Select Board Name and assign a name to the gateway driver.
2b
Select Gateway Name and assign a name to the MacIPX gateway.
This name is used to advertise the MacIPX gateway on the
AppleTalk network. Because the name appears in the MacIPX
Control Panel, it should be one that users recognize easily.
If you do not provide a name, the MacIPX gateway uses the name of
the router on which the MacIPX gateway is installed.
2c
Select Unicast Threshold and enter a value between 1 (the default
value) and 4294967295.
This parameter controls how the MacIPX gateway propagates IPX
broadcast packets to AppleTalk networks.
If you want to send IPX broadcast packets to all AppleTalk
networks with MacIPX clients, enter a number less than the
number of MacIPX clients served by the gateway.
Macintosh systems not running MacIPX applications do not
understand IPX broadcast packets and discard them. When this
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