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HAPTER
4: N
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IPX
AND
B
RIDGING
Assign the Unit Name, IP Address and Subnet Mask
The remote unit must be assigned a unique name and IP address. A
valid subnet mask must be specified too. The name and IP address
must exactly match the entries in the central site unit’s ISDN Numbers
and ISDN Autocall tables for this remote unit. Set the ISDN network
type to match the ISDN service.
The unit IP address and subnet mask are required (for management
of the unit) even if the network is always entirely connected within a
non-IP Netware environment.
1
Enter
QC
NA
to display the Unit Parameters screen.
2
Type a unique name for the unit in the Unit Name field. It can have
up to 12 characters but do not include spaces in the unit name.
3
Type a valid IP address for the unit in the Unit LAN IP Address field.
4
Type the subnet mask for the network in the Unit LAN IP Mask field.
5
Toggle the Network Type field to the correct ISDN network type using
the Spacebar, if required.
6
Press [Ctrl]+[E] to submit the new setting and then enter
SAVE
Connect to a Novell Network
It is important that the central site unit, to which the remote unit will
connect at the completion of this section, has been correctly
configured for IPX and bridging prior to the connection.
1
Enter
QC
NO
to display the Connect To Novell Network screen.
2
Toggle the Do you have a local server field to the correct value using
the Spacebar.
3
Type the number of the
central site unit
in
the ISDN number of the
remote unit you want to call field.
4
Press [Ctrl]+[E] to submit the new setting.
When the configuration parameters have been submitted, the
remote unit automatically makes an ISDN call to the central site unit
lasting around 90 seconds. It makes this call to learn the NRIPs and
SAPs being advertised by the Netware Server.
Although the unit is bridging it is using the information gathered to
build the IPX Autocall Table. After the 90 second call has cleared,
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