Cabletron Systems CyberSWITCH CSX150 User Manual

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CONFIGURING IPXOVERVIEWIPX protocol accepts data from remote devices and formats the data for transmission onto thenetwork, and conversely, accepts data from the LAN and formats it so it can be understood byremote devices. In short, IPX allows remote devices and their servers to communicate.The CyberSWITCH supports the standard method of routing datagrams over a network. Thesystem provides bandwidth management features to make the interconnection of IPX networkscost effective over demand type connections like ISDN. Additional security features provide dataprivacy for networks using IPX that are connected by the system.By default, IPX routing is disabled when you first install your system software. After IPX routingis enabled, the full IPX feature is available for configuration. The IPX configuration processincludes:• configuring the IPX internal network number• configuring IPX interface information• enabling/disabling routing protocols (RIP and SAP)• configuring IPX static routes• configuring NetWare static services• configuring IPX spoofing information• configuring IPX type 20 packet handling• enabling/disabling the isolated mode• configuring Triggered RIP/SAP• configuring individual devices for IPX routingNote: You must configure some type of network security in order to provide IPX routing overWAN connections.In addition, with the availability of Triggered RIP/SAP, you most likely will not need toconfigure static routes and services. However, Cabletron still supports them. Situationsmay arise in which a remote router cannot implement Triggered RIP/SAP. In that case, youthen have the option of configuring static routes and services.