How To Control Propagation Of Type 20 Packets; Changing The Hop Count Limit For Ipx Packets - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

How to Control Propagation of Type 20 Packets

Changing the Hop Count Limit for IPX Packets

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Internetwork Packet Exchange
To configure the propagation of type 20 packets from the server console, enter
the following console command:
SET IPX NETBIOS REPLICATION OPTION = [0|1|2|3]
To check the current setting, you can type the command by itself.
To configure the propagation of type 20 packets from NIASCFG, complete the
following steps:
1
Load NIASCFG, then select the following parameter path:
Select Configure NIAS > Protocols and Routing > Protocols > IPX >
Expert Configuration Options
2
Select Advanced Packet Type 20 Flooding and select one of the options
described previously.
3
Press Esc and save your changes.
4
Press Esc to return to the Internetworking Configuration menu.
5
If you want this change to take effect immediately, select Reinitialize
System .
If you want to configure other parameters, do so now, then reinitialize the
system when you are finished.
The Novell Internet Access Server 4.1 routing software enables you to
increase the range of outbound IPX packets with the Hop Count Limit
parameter. The hop count limit is the maximum number of routers (hops) an
IPX packet can traverse before it is discarded. You can set the Hop Count
Limit parameter to any number between 8 and 127; however, the default value
of 64 is sufficient for most IPX networks.
NOTE:
The Hop Count Limit parameter applies only to IPX packets. It does not
increase the range of RIP and SAP packets, which are limited to 16 hops, or
NetBIOS packets, which are limited to eight hops.
Before the release of NetWare MultiProtocol Router 3.0 and NetWare 4.1, the
hop count limit for all IPX packets was 16. This limited the size, or diameter,
of IPX networks.