Prestige 641 ADSL Internet Access Router
7-2
Bridging Setup
From Menu 3 - Ethernet Setup, enter 4 to bring up Menu 3.4 - Bridge Ethernet Setup as shown next.
Figure 7-1 Menu 3.5 - Bridge Ethernet Setup
The following table describes how to configure the Handle IPX field in Menu 3.5.
Table 7-1 Bridge Ethernet Setup Menu - Handle IPX Field Configuration
Handle IPX Field
Options
(Menu 3.5)
Description
None
When there is no IPX traffic on the LAN or when you do not want to
apply any special handling for IPX.
Client
When there are only client workstations on the LAN. RIP and SAP
(Service Advertising Protocol) response packets will not trigger calls.
Server
When there are only IPX servers on the LAN. No RIP or SAP packets
will trigger calls. In addition, during the time when the line is down, your
Prestige 641 will reply to watchdog messages from the servers on behalf
of remote clients. The period of time that your Prestige 641 will do this is
linked to the Ethernet Address Timeout parameter in each remote node
(see Remote Node Configuration). When a remote Ethernet address is
aged out, there is no need to maintain its connection to the IPX server.
If there are both clients and servers on the LAN, and the local clients will access the remote servers, set this
field to
Server
but turn on the
Dial-On-Broadcast
parameter in Menu 11.3 to allow the client queries
to trigger calls.
7.2.1 Remote Node Bridging Setup
Follow the procedure in
Chapter 5
to configure the protocol-independent parameters in Menu 11.1 -
Remote Node Profile. For bridging-specific parameters, you need to configure Menu 11.3 - Remote Node
Network Layer Options.
Menu 3.4 - Bridge Ethernet Setup
Handle IPX= None
Press ENTER to CONFIRM or ESC to CANCEL:
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