ZyXEL Communications Prestige 480 - Manual (Page 118)

Prestige 480 Dual BRI ISDN Router
7-2 Bridging Setup
Menu 3.5 - Bridge Ethernet Setup
The following table describes how to configure the Handle IPX field in Menu 3.5.
Bridge Ethernet Setup Menu - Handle IPX Field Configuration
Handle IPX Field
(Menu 3.5)
Description
None
When there is no IPX traffic on the LAN or when you do not want to apply any
special handling for IPX.
Client When there are only client workstations on the LAN. RIP and SAP (Service
Advertising Protocol) response packets will not trigger calls.
Server When there are only IPX servers on the LAN. No RIP or SAP packets will trigger
calls. In addition, during the time when the line is down, your Prestige will reply to
watchdog messages from the servers on behalf of remote clients. The period of
time that your Prestige will do this is linked to the Ethernet Address Timeout
parameter in each remote node (see Remote Node Configuration). When a remote
Ethernet address is aged out, there is no need to maintain its connection to the IPX
server.
If there are both clients and servers on the LAN, and the local clients will access the remote servers, set this
field to Server but turn on the Dial-On-Broadcast parameter in Menu 11.3 to allow the client queries to
trigger calls.
7.2.1 Remote Node Bridging Setup
Follow the procedure in Chapter 5 to configure the protocol-independent parameters in Menu 11.1 -
Remote Node Profile. For bridging-specific parameters, you need to configure Menu 11.3 - Remote Node
Network Layer Options.
To setup Menu 11.3 - Remote Node Network Layer Options, follow these steps:
Step 1. In Menu 11.1, make sure the Bridge field is set to Yes.