Configuring ipx routing on a port, Selecting the frame type for a port – Enterasys Networks ENTERASYS ATX User Manual
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Managing the Hub
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The ATX Switch Chassis View
Figure 2-8. IPX Routing window
Configuring IPX Routing on a port
1.
Click on the IPX selection box to enable IPX routing on the port.
2.
Enter the (hexadecimal) Novell network number of the Novell network
connected to this port in the IPX Network field. The network number is a
4-byte LAN address. Each port with IPX routing enabled must have a unique
network number.
3.
Select a frame type for the port by choosing a frame type from the IPX
Framing pull-down menu. The available options are ethernet802.3, ethernet2,
ieee802.2, or snap. See the section following,
, for more information on selecting a frame type.
4.
Click on Set to set the configuration on the port.
Selecting the Frame Type for a Port
Many IPX networks use a Novell proprietary type of framing instead of the
Ethernet Standard (IEEE 802.3) type of framing. The type of framing used
determines where information is positioned within an IPX packet. Each IPX
configured port in your ATX Chassis must know what framing format is being
used on each connected Novell segment, so that it will know where to look for
information in the IPX packets it receives and where to place information in the
packets it transmits. Once you set the IPX Framing in the IPX Routing window,
the port can form IPX packets that the Novell nodes on each connected Novell
network segment will recognize. You specify the frame type on a port-to-port
basis. The following frame types are supported by the ATX:
1(ethernet802.3)
802.3 frames are the default for Ethernet links. This type
of framing contains a 6-byte destination address, a 6-byte
source address, 802.3 length field in the third field of the
packet followed by the IPX header and the data.