Yes, with respect to IPX, that's correct--and that answers my first
question.
My second question asked about what was the purpose of a default Ethernet
frame type for use with IP. Using IPX as an analogy, does a router only
route Ethernet_II frames if no Ethernet frame type has been specified? Does
a router drop IEEE 802.3 frames by default? To route IEEE 802.3 frames, is
any additional configuration required?
And with that, we're lead back to John's original question: What is the
purpose of a default Ethernet frame type for IP?
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Tony van Ree
Sent: February 6, 2001 2:51 PM
To: Leigh Anne Chisholm; John Neiberger; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Priscilla Oppenheimer
Subject: RE: Another 802.3 and Ethernet Question
Hi,
Those not specified by the router are either routed by the server or produce
IPX protol errors and are dropped.
It is important not to have the various frame types set on the servers or
service advertisers. If for example you are normally using Novell-Ether
(802.3) and you put in a server using Netware 4.x running SAP (802.2). Now
when you put in the first server you configure both the SAP and Novell Ether
in the server. You have 802.3 (Novell-ether) configured in the router.
Pull out the original server and you have no network. Othen you will lose
half of your local clients.
Have lose networks and or frame types can also create some horrible little
routing loops and unwanted traffic. SAP's, RIP updates etc.
Let the router route and servers serve.
Another one that sometimes grabs you.
Teunis,
Hobart, Tasmania
Australia
On Tuesday, February 06, 2001 at 08:45:48 AM, Leigh Anne Chisholm wrote:
> John,
>
> What's the purpose of a default frame type? In IPX? What does the router
> do with other frame types not specified?
>
> Now what about with IP? What's the purpose of the default frame type?
What
> does the router do with other frame types not explicitly specified?
>
>
> -- Leigh Anne
>
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