Frame Relay Ipx Routing - Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual

Frame Relay IPX Routing

Frame Relay IPX Routing
Frame Relay
each end of a virtual circuit. Instead of using Inverse
ing" to determine routing information. In gleaning, the
virtual circuit obtains the network node number for the router at other end of the virtual
circuit.
A or router continuously receives
WSX
receives the first such broadcast, the
the frame's
IPX
source address it just obtained as the destination address for that router. The following
diagram illustrates
Not all Routers support IPX gleaning. If you need to interoperate with a Router that does not
support gleaning, then you may need to statically map addresses on that Router.
The configuration of
on page 29-59.
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and IP routing differ in the way they determine the address of a router at
IPX
IPX
header. When the router needs to send traffic on that router later, it uses the
Gleaning.
IPX
routing services is described in Configuring a WAN Routing Service
WSX
, uses a process called "glean-
ARP IPX
routing protocol on one end of a
IPX
and updates on a given virtual circuit. When it
RIP SAP
process looks at, or gleans, the source address from
–
sends WSX a SAP or RIP update.
Router
The source address of the Router port is
included in the IPX header.
—
WSX examines
and "gleans" the source net-
work node address.
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When the WSX needs to send traffic
to the same router, it uses the
source address just gleaned from the
broadcast frame as the destination
address for traffic to this router.
IPX Gleaning
the IPX header