Chapter 12 - Ipx Setup; Ipx Features; Ipx Definitions; Internetwork Packet Exchange (Ipx) - Netopia R3100-U User Reference Manual

Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) is the network protocol used by Novell NetWare networks. This chapter
shows you how to configure the Netopia R3100 for routing data using IPX. You also learn how to configure the
router to serve IPX network addresses.
This section covers the following topics:
"IPX Features" on page 12-1
"IPX Definitions" on page 12-1
"IPX routing tables" on page 12-5

IPX Features

The Netopia R3100 supports the following IPX features:
IPX RIP and SAP
NetBIOS broadcast packet forwarding (IPX type 20)
IPX packet filtering definable by source and destination IPX address and socket number, for added security
IPX SAP filtering to aid in optimizing WAN bandwidth
Dial-on-demand features:
Spoofing of IPX keep-alive, SPX, and server serialization packets
Configurable RIP/SAP timers on connection profiles
IPX Definitions
This section defines IPX-related protocols such as RIP, SAP and NetBIOS, in addition to other related terms. See
the next section for setup instructions.

Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX)

IPX is a datagram, connectionless protocol that Novell adapted from Xerox Network System's (XNS) Internet
Datagram Protocol (IDP). IPX is dynamically routed, and the routing architecture works by "learning" network
addressing automatically.
IPX Setup 12-1