Black Box LR5100A-T - Manual (Page 30)

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to the IPX frames they receive from the network. Manual entries may be made in the
routing tables by adding static IPX routes.
Novell Servers in One Location Only
Some Novell LAN installations require that a remote LAN that consists of only Novell IPX
clients be connected to a central LAN that contains the Novell servers and some more
clients. In this configuration, the router IPX router located at the remote site must be
configured with the appropriate IPX network numbers. The IPX network number must be
configured manually because there is no Novell server at the remote site. The router must
act as a Novell server to supply the proper IPX network number to the clients on the
remote site LAN.
In the following diagram, the router connected to LAN #2 must be configured with IPX
network number 1500 (or any other valid, unique IPX network number) using the
appropriate frame type. The clients connected to LAN #2 must also be running with the
same frame type as defined on the router. After the routers have established the WAN
connection, the IPX routing procedures will cause the names of the services located on
LAN #1 to be stored in the services table on the router on LAN #2. When one of the
clients on LAN #2 starts up, it will look for a server on the local LAN and the router will
respond with the list of servers that are located on LAN #1.
Figure 2 -4 IPX Routed Local Area Networks (Servers on one side)
WAN connection
Novell Server Novell IPX Client Novell IPX Client Novell IPX Client
LAN #1
IPX Network Address
1512
IPX Network Address
1500 - defined on router
LAN #2