Configuring Ipx Serialization Packet Filtering; Enabling Ipx Serialization Filtering - Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual

Configuring IPX Serialization Packet Filtering

Configuring IPX Serialization Packet Filtering
The
or all WAN routing services. This feature can be used to reduce traffic on WAN links by
preventing the transmission of NetWare serialization packets.
Novell uses a serialization mechanism to make sure that licensed copies of NetWare are not
improperly copied to multiple servers. NetWare's built-in copy protection scheme transmits
serialization packets between file servers which contain unique serialization numbers. These
packets are sent out at about 66-second intervals. If a server detects duplicate serialization
identifiers, it broadcasts a copyright violation message to all users and to the console log. The
major problem with this protection scheme for dial-on-demand links, such as ISDN, is the
generation of traffic that continuously reactivates the

Enabling IPX Serialization Filtering

Follow the steps below to enable IPX Serialization Packet Filtering.
1. Enter
A screen similar to the following displays:
Enter if you do want to see the current filtering status. Enter
entered this command by mistake or if you don't need to see the current status.
2. A screen similar to the following displays:
This screen shows the
of the IPX Serialization packet filtering for these groups.
Enter a Group number to proceed to enable IPX Serialization filtering for that Group.
Or, press
3. The following prompt displays:
Enter to select to enable IPX Serialization Filtering.
Enter (or press
4. The following prompt displays:
This prompt requires you to verify that you want to enable filtering in order to avoid the
situation of accidental filtering of IPX Serialization packets. This example prompt asks if
you want to disable filtering on all WAN routing services. If you had entered a specific
Group number, the prompt would refer to that particular Group.
Enter to enable IPX Serialization Filtering.
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command is used to enable and disable IPX Serialization Packet filtering on any
.
routing Groups that exist in the switch and the current status
WAN
to select to enable filtering for all
) if you do not want to enable Serialization Filtering.
link.
WAN
(or press
routing services.
WAN
) if you