Enabling IPX on Cisco Routers
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Once you enable IPX routing on the router, RIP and SAP are automati-
cally enabled as well. However, nothing happens until you configure the
individual interfaces with IPX addresses.
Enabling IPX on Individual Interfaces
Once you have IPX routing enabled on the router, the next step is to enable
IPX on individual interfaces. To enable IPX on an interface, first enter the
interface configuration mode, and then issue the following command:
ipx network number [encapsulation encapsulation-type]
[secondary]
The various parts are defined as follows:
Here is an example of configuring IPX on 2501A:
2501A#config t
2501A(config)#ipx routing
2501A(config)#int e0
2501A(config-if)#ipx network 10
That's all there is to it. Just add the network number, and the rest is
done for you. IPX is a very resilient routed protocol because it broadcasts
for everything. However, this is also why it causes problems in larger
internetworks.
What frame type is now running on Ethernet 0 on 2501A? By default, the
frame type is Novell-Ether (802.3). To change the frame type, or to add
another frame type, add the encapsulation command to the interface
configuration. Table 8.2 shows the different encapsulations (frame types)
available with IPX.
number
The IPX network address.
encapsulation
encapsulation-type
Optional. Table 8.2 shows the
default encapsulation-type on
different media.
[secondary]
Indicates a secondary
encapsulation (frame type) and
network address on the same
interface.
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