Lucent Technologies 6000 - Manual (Page 487)

MAX 6000/3000 Network Configuration Guide 12-1
12 Configuring IPX Routing
To configure your MAX unit to route IPX packets, you must enable IPX routing globally, that
is. for the entire unit, and you must configure the individual connections the unit uses to route
IPX packets onto the WAN. If you require an IPX route that is always active and is not tied to
any one Connection profile, you can configure static IPX routes. If your unit will be
connecting to other similarly configured units also running IPX routing protocols, the units
exchange their SAP table information, and you can configure IPX SAP filters to help improve
network efficiency.
Introduction to IPX routing
A MAX unit supports IPX routing between sites that run Novell NetWare version 3.11 or
newer. Operating as an IPX router, the unit has with one interface to each of its two local
Ethernet connections and a third interface to the WAN. Each IPX Connection profile defines
an IPX WAN interface.
The most common use for MAX IPX routing is to integrate multiple NetWare LANs to form
an interconnected Wide Area Network.
A MAX unit supports IPX routing over PPP and Frame Relay connections. Support for both
the IPXWAN and PPP IPXCP protocols makes the unit fully interoperable with non-Lucent
products that conform to these protocols and the associated RFCs.
Note: IPX transmission can use multiple frame types. A MAX unit, however, routes only one
IPX frame type (which you configure), and it routes and spoofs IPX packets only if they are
encapsulated in that type of frame. If you enable bridging and IPX routing in the same
Connection profile, the unit bridges any other IPX packet frame types. (For more information,
see Chapter 14, “Configuring Packet Bridging.”)
Unlike an IP routing configuration, in which the MAX uniquely identifies the calling device by
its IP address, a MAX IPX routing configuration does not include a built-in way to uniquely
Introduction to IPX routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Enabling IPX routing in the MAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5
Configuring IPX routing connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8
Configuring static IPX routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-19
Creating and applying IPX SAP filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-22