Setting Up
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Internetwork Packet Exchange
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Novell Confidential
Manual
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July 17, 2001
The more concurrent IPX sessions you use over the interface, the more
compression slots you should allocate.
IMPORTANT:
Be careful not to allocate too many compression slots. Memory is
required to store the headers, and the compression algorithm must scan through
stored headers to find a match for each transmitted packet. An excessive number
of slots results in a higher processing load and slower performance.
4
Press Esc and save your changes.
5
Press Esc to return to the Internetworking Configuration menu.
6
If you want these changes to take effect immediately, select Reinitialize
System .
If you want to configure other parameters, do so now, then reinitialize the
system when you are finished.
How to Configure IPX and NCP Header Compression per Call
Destination
By default, header compression is enabled for all WAN connections. To
configure header compression for a particular WAN call destination, complete
the following steps:
1
Load NIASCFG, then select the following parameter path:
Select Configure NIAS > Protocols and Routing > Bindings > a WAN
interface > WAN Call Destinations
2
Select a call destination.
If you are modifying a call that has already been configured, select
one from the list.
If you are configuring a new call, press
Ins
and choose a call from the
list of available calls.
3
Select Expert Options .
4
Select Header Compression .
The default state is Use Default . This means the call uses the
compression state to which the interface is currently set.
If compression is enabled on the interface but you want to disable it
only for this call, select
Disabled
.
If compression is disabled on the interface but you want to enable it
only for this call, select
Enabled
.
