Allied Telesis AT-8550 - Manual (Page 193)

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Chapter 11
IPX Routing
This chapter describes how to configure IPX, IPX/RIP, and IPX/SAP on
the switch. It assumes that you are already familiar with IPX. If not,
refer to your Novell
™
documentation.
Note
For more information on RIP, refer to Chapter 9 .
Overview of IPX
The switch provides support for the IPX, IPX/RIP, and IPX/SAP
protocols. The switch dynamically builds and maintains an IPX
routing table and an IPX service table.
Router Interfaces
The routing software and hardware routes IPX traffic between IPX
router interfaces. A router interface is simply a VLAN that has an IPX
network identifier (NetID) and IPX encapsulation type assigned to it.
As you create VLANs with different IPX NetIDs the switch
automatically routes between them. Both the VLAN switching and
IPX routing function occur within the switch.
Note
A VLAN can be configured with either an IPX NetID or an IP address. A
VLAN cannot be configured for both IPX and IP routing
simultaneously.