Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Omni Switch/Router - Manual (Page 565)

Creating a New Group
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Select the default framing type for the frames that will be generated by this router port
and propagated over the default
VLAN to the outbound ports. Set the framing type to the
encapsulation type that is most prevalent in the default VLAN . If the default VLAN contains
devices using encapsulation types other than those defined here, the switching modules
must translate those frames, which slows throughput. The figure on the next page illus-
trates the Default Framing Type and its relation to Virtual Router Port communications.
Default Framing Type and the Virtual Router Port
j. You can now configure IPX routing on this port. The following message displays:
Enable IPX? (y) :
Press if you want to enable IPX Routing on this virtual router port. If you do not
enable IPX , then the default VLAN in this Group will not be able to route IPX data. You
can set up a virtual router port to route both IP and IPX traffic.
If you don’t want to set up an IPX router for the default VLAN in this Group, enter n , press
, and skip ahead to step p below. You can always set up IPX routing for other
VLAN s within this Group.
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Group
Virtual Router Port
VLAN 1
(default VLAN #1)
Virtual Router
The Default Router
Framing Type deter-
mines the type of
frame transmitted
through the Virtual
Router Port to the
default
VLAN .
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Workstation A Workstation B