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Configuring IPX
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the Perle 833IS IPX routing tables to store 250 RIP entries and 500 SAP entries. If
your network has more routers and services than this, some of the table entries will
be overwritten and those routes and services will be unavailable.
Static routing lets the network administrator configure the Perle 833IS with the
addresses of only the routers and services required. Dynamic routing is disabled and
the Routing Tables will not change.
Static routing can also be used to restrict which services can be accessed from the
WAN. Only those services that are entered in the SAP table will be available to dial
in users.
The IPX Static Routes table contains the routing entries. You must have an entry for
every subnetwork that you wish to access. An entry specifies the network number of
a subnetwork that you wish to reach and the address of the router on the local
network that will forward the messages to that network.
Each entry in the IPX static route table contains the following information:
Destination Network Number
Specifies the destination network that you wish to reach. The Network Number is
formatted as 1 to 8 hex digits.
Destination Port
Specifies whether the destination is reached via the 833IS’s LAN port, or via a WAN
port through a LAN-to-LAN connection. If the destination is to be reached via the