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Chapter 3 - IPX Routing & Bridging 69
• Ethernet 802.3 (Raw) is the default frame type for earlier versions of
Novell Netware. The default seeding value is Auto-Seed.
• Ethernet 802.2 is a modified version of Ethernet_II and is the default
frame type for Novell Netware 4. The default seeding value is
Auto-Seed.
• Ethernet 802.2 SNAP is used by the AppleTalk protocol. The default
seeding value is Non-Seed.
> IPX Routing/Off
These radio buttons control whether IPX packets received by a member inter-
face of the IPX Bridge Group are passed on for IPX routing.
• If set to Routing, then IPX packets received on a member interface of the
IPX Bridge Group which cannot simply be bridged to another member
interface of the group are passed on for IPX routing.
• If set to Off, then IPX packets received on a member interface of the IPX
Bridge Group which cannot be bridged to another member interface of
the group are dropped. This setting means that further IPX configuration
information is not required for the IPX Bridge Group.
> Seed Status (per Frame Type)
One of the functions which routers perform in IPX internetworking is setting
the IPX network number for each network segment. A device which sets the
network number for a segment is said to have “seeded” the network.
Remember that all segments connected to interfaces which are members of an
IPX Bridge Group will appear as the same logical segment.
• Seed means the device will listen for an IPX network number being set
by another device (including Novell software routers residing on servers)
on the segment(s) connected to this interface and use this number if it
exists. If it doesn’t discover a number in use, the device will use the
configured IPX Network Number (discussed below) to set the network
number for the segment(s)
• Non-Seed means the device will listen for an IPX network number being
set by another router (including Novell software routers residing on
servers) on the segment(s) connected to this interface and use this
number if it exists. If it doesn’t discover a number in use, the device will
wait indefinitely until a number is set by another router on the
segment(s).
• Auto-Seed means the device will listen for an IPX network number
being set by another router (including Novell software routers residing
on servers) on the segment(s) connected to this interface and use this