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Chapter 5
IPX Setup
Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) is the network protocol used by
Novell NetWare networks. This chapter shows you how to configure
the Netopia Router for routing data using IPX. You also learn how to
configure the router to serve IPX network addresses.
The Netopia Router supports the following IPX features:
■ IPX RIP and SAP
■ NetBIOS broadcast packet forwarding (IPX type 20)
■ IPX packet filtering definable by source and destination IPX
address and socket number, for added security
■ IPX SAP filtering to aid in optimizing WAN bandwidth
■ Dial-on-demand features:
■ Spoofing of IPX keep-alive, SPX, and server serialization
packets
■ Configurable RIP/SAP timers on connection profiles
IPX Definitions
This section defines IPX-related protocols such as RIP, SAP and
NetBIOS, in addition to other related terms. See the next section for
setup instructions.