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23-4 Riverstone Networks RS Switch Router User Guide Release 8.0
Configuring IPX Interfaces and Parameters IPX Routing Configuration
To configure a secondary address on an IPX interface, enter the following command in Configure mode:
Note
Configuring a secondary address on an IPX interface requires updated RS
hardware.
23.4.3 Configuring IPX Interfaces for a VLAN
You can configure one IPX interface per VLAN.
To configure a VLAN with an IPX interface, enter the following command in Configure mode:
23.4.4 Specifying IPX Encapsulation Method
The Riverstone RS Switch Router supports four encapsulation types for IPX. You can configure encapsulation type on
a per-interface basis.
Ethernet II The standard ARPA Ethernet version 2.0 encapsulation, which uses a 16-bit protocol type code (the
default encapsulation method)
802.3 SNAP SNAP IEEE 802.3 encapsulation, in which the type code becomes the frame length for the IEEE
802.2 LLC encapsulation (destination and source Service Access Points, and a control byte)
802.3 802.3 encapsulation method used within Novell IPX environments
802.2 802.2 encapsulation method used within Novell IPX environments
To configure IPX encapsulation, enter the following commands in Configure mode:
Add a secondary address and
encapsulation type to an existing
IPX interface.
interface add ipx
<Interface Name>
address
<IPX-network-address>
output-mac-encapsulation
<encapsulation-type>
Create an IPX interface for a VLAN.
interface create ipx
<InterfaceName> address-mask
<ipxAddr-mask>
vlan
<name>
Configure Ethernet II encapsulation.
interface create ipx
<Interface Name>
output-mac-encapsulation ethernet_II
Configure 802.3 SNAP encapsulation.
interface create ipx
<Interface Name>
output-mac-encapsulation ethernet_snap