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IPX Configuration Decisions

Planning

This section explains what decisions must be made before you can configure
IPX beyond its most basic configuration.
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How you configure IPX beyond its most basic configuration depends on the
following decisions:
Whether to turn off IPX packet forwarding or to use the system as an
IPX router
The routing software enables you to turn off IPX packet forwarding on a
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NetWare file server. This is useful when you have more than one
NetWare system connecting two or more LANs and you want to free one
of the systems from the task of forwarding—that is, routing —IPX
packets between the LANs.
To turn off IPX packet forwarding, refer to
Forwarding" on page
If you have WAN connections, whether to configure any of the
following:
Static routes and services
Watchdog packet spoofing
Routed or static on-demand calls
IPX and NetWare Core Protocol
How you configure a WAN connection for IPX depends on how you want
to use the connection and whether you use IPX with PPP, X.25, frame
relay, or asynchronous transfer mode (ATM).
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