Addressing limitations and flooding restrictions, Permanent filters – Intermec 6710 User Manual

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APPENDIX E

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OWL/IP

E-4

6710 Access Point User’s Guide

Addressing Limitations and

Flooding Restrictions

Wireless stations using IP must be assigned addresses on

the home subnet. The ARP server capability can be enabled

to reduce propagation of ARPs through tunnels. IP servers

can be located on any subnet; however, it is desirable to

choose the subnet containing servers used extensively by

client wireless stations as the home subnet if possible.
For stations or servers using protocols other than IP, there

are no restrictions on location of servers or address

assignments. Routing is minimized if servers are located on

the home subnet.
OWL/IP does not flood outbound unicast frames. Multicast

IP frames are forwarded outbound from the home subnet.

Designated bridges forward unicast and multicast frames

inbound to the home subnet if the IP address belongs to the

home subnet. (See “Subnet Filtering,” page E-6.) Global

Flooding settings and Flood Register settings do not apply

to OWL/IP tunnels.

Permanent Filters

Certain frame types are never forwarded through tunnels.

These include those IP protocols used for coordinating

routers, or MAC frames used for coordinating bridges.
These frames are not forwarded:

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802.1d bridge frames.

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IP frames with a broadcast or multicast Ethernet

address.

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IP frames with the following (router) protocol types

and decimal values:

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