Routing Types - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Routing Types

You configure a routed on-demand call the same way you configure a standard
on-demand call with one exception: you must configure a routing protocol to
operate over the link.
IPXWAN negotiates the WAN routing type, which determines which IPX
routing protocol—if any—runs over the connection. NetWare routing
supports the following routing types for IPX exchanges over a WAN
connection:
NOTE:
The first four routing types operate only between routers; the fifth, WAN
Workstation , operates between a router and a NetWare workstation.
WAN NLSP —Uses NLSP to exchange routing and service information
over the connection. This is the most efficient—and preferred—routing
type for WAN connections requiring an active routing protocol. A WAN
NLSP connection does not require an IPX network number.
Unnumbered RIP —Uses RIP and SAP to exchange routing and service
information over the connection but requires no IPX network number.
Numbered RIP —Also uses RIP and SAP to exchange routing and
service information over the connection but does require an IPX network
number.
On-Demand —Uses no active routing or service advertising protocol,
but rather a set of static routes and services on each router.
WAN Workstation —Enables a NetWare workstation to connect to an
IPX internetwork through a remote router. No routing protocol runs over
the connection, except when the workstation sends a route or service
request to the router.
To choose the most suitable routing type, IPXWAN considers the following
criteria during its negotiation process:
Which versions of the routing software are running on the routers
Earlier versions of the routing software, such as NetWare Multiprocessor
Router Plus 2.1x software and NetWare WAN Links
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support only Numbered RIP connections.
Which routing protocol—RIP or NLSP—is enabled on the WAN
interfaces at each end of the connection
2.0 software,
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