Alcatel Omni Switch/Router, User Manual

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Creating a New Group
Page 19-23
Select the default framing type for the frames that will be generated by this router port
and propagated over the default
VLAN
to the outbound ports. Set the framing type to the
encapsulation type that is most prevalent in the default
VLAN
. If the default
VLAN
contains
devices using encapsulation types other than those defined here, the switching modules
must translate those frames, which slows throughput. The figure on the next page illus-
trates the Default Framing Type and its relation to Virtual Router Port communications.
Default Framing Type and the Virtual Router Port
j.
You can now configure
IPX
routing on this port. The following message displays:
Enable IPX? (y) :
Press
<Enter>
if you want to enable
IPX
Routing on this virtual router port. If you do not
enable
IPX
, then the default
VLAN
in this Group will not be able to route
IPX
data. You
can set up a virtual router port to route both
IP
and
IPX
traffic.
If you don’t want to set up an
IPX
router for the default
VLAN
in this Group, enter
n
, press
<Enter>
, and skip ahead to step
p
below. You can always set up
IPX
routing for other
VLAN
s within this Group.
OmniS/R
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123456
Group
Virtual Router Port
VLAN
1
(default
VLAN
#1)
Virtual Router
The Default Router
Framing Type deter-
mines the type of
frame transmitted
through the Virtual
Router Port to the
default
VLAN
.
SNMP A
GENT
RIP
Workstation A Workstation B