Specify Ipx Encapsulation Method; Configure Ipx Routing; Enable Ipx Rip - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 8-slot User's Reference Manual

Chapter 8: IPX Routing Configuration Guide
To configure a VLAN with an IPX interface, enter the following command in
Configure mode:
Create an IPX interface for a VLAN.

Specify IPX Encapsulation Method

The SmartSwitch Router supports two encapsulation types for IPX. You can configure
encapsulation type on a per-interface basis.
• Ethernet II The standard ARPA Ethernet Version 2.0 encapsulation, which uses a
16-bit protocol type code (the default encapsulation method)
• 802.3 SNAP: SNAP IEEE 802.3 encapsulation, in which the type code becomes the
frame length for the IEEE 802.2 LLC encapsulation (destination and source Service
Access Points, and a control byte)
• 802.3: 802.3 encapsulation method used within Novell IPX environments
• 802.2: 802.2 encapsulation method used within Novell IPX environments
Configure Ethernet II encapsulation.
Configure 802.3 SNAP encapsulation.
Configure 802.3 IPX encapsulation.
Configure 802.2 IPX encapsulation.

Configure IPX Routing

By default, IPX routing is enabled on the SSR.

Enable IPX RIP

IPX RIP is enabled by default on the SSR. You must first create an IPX interface or
assign an IPX interface to a VLAN before RIP will start learning routes.
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interface create ipx <InterfaceName>
address-mask <ipxAddr-mask> vlan <name>
interface create ipx
output-mac-encapsulation ethernet_II
interface create ipx
put-mac-encapsulation ethernet_snap
interface create ipx
output-mac-encapsulation ethernet_802.3
interface create ipx
output-mac-encapsulation
ethernet_802.2_ipx
<InterfaceName>
<InterfaceName>
<InterfaceName>
<InterfaceName>
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