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Chapter 8
Configuring Novell IPX
2501B(config-subif)#ipx network 30b encap arpa
2501B(config-subif)#int e0.300
2501B(config-subif)#ipx network 30c encap snap
The 2501B router now has all four IPX Ethernet frame types configured
on the Ethernet 0 interface. Plenty of bandwidth on the Ethernet network is
now being wasted.
Configuring Multiple Frame Types on the 2501C Router
The 2501C has only one LAN connection, and that is to IPX network 50.
IPX network 50 is running the 802.3 frame type. Let's configure the other
three supported IPX network numbers on Ethernet 0.
Here is the configuration for the 2501C router:
2501C(config)#int e0
2501C(config-if)#ipx network 50a encap sap sec
2501C(config-if)#int e0.50
2501C(config-subif)#ipx network 50b encap arpa
2501C(config-subif)#int e0.500
2501C(config-subif)#ipx network 50c encap snap
All four of the routers are now configured and should be up and working
with all four possible IPX Ethernet frame types.
Are you ready to find out why using multiple frame types is so bad for
your internetwork? Let's use the show ipx route command and find out.
Verifying the IPX Routing Tables
Remember, when we verified the IPX routing tables earlier, there was one con-
nection for each IPX network in the routing tables of each router. Let's run the
command again and see what it shows now. (This is the IPX routing table for
the 2621A router only. The other routers will have the same routing table.)
2621A#sh ipx route
[output cut]
14 Total IPX routes. Up to 1 parallel paths and 16 hops
allowed.
No default route known.
C 10 (NOVELL-ETHER), Fa0/0
C 10A(SAP), Fa0/0
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