Lab Activity 9.3.3: Configuring IPX routing

Sample Network: Using the five router lab diagram, we will give the 210.93.105.0 network the IPX 105 network address, and give the 204.204.7.0 network the IPX 7 network address.

Step 1: Enabling IPX routing.

LabD (config)# ipx routing {enables IPX routing}
LabD # show protocols

Reflection: What differences do you see in the results from the show protocols commands?

LabE (config)# ipx routing {enables IPX routing}

Step 2: Enabling IPX on interfaces.

It may be a good idea to first review the information on different Novell IPX frame types at this time.

RouterD
LabD (config)# inter e 0
LabD (config-if)# ipx network 105 encapsulation novell-ether

LabD (config)# inter s 1
LabD (config-if)# ipx network 7 {The default encapsulation is HDLC on serial interfaces, and is changed via the encapsulation command for that interface.}

RouterE
LabE (config)# inter e 0
LabE (config-if)# ipx network 105
LabE (config-if)# encapsulation novell-ether

Step 3: Monitoring IPX routing.

LabD # show ipx route {displays the IPX routing table}
LabD # show ipx traffic {show both IPX and SAP update packets}
LabD # show ipx interface e 0 {shows IPX address of an interface, receiving SAP and RIP information}
LabD # show ipx servers {shows ipx network servers and the contents of the SAP table}


Step 4: Debugging IPX routing.

LabD # debug ipx routing activity {displays IPX routing activity}
LabD # debug ipx routing events {displays IPX routing events}

LabD # ping
Protocol [ip]: ipx
Target IPX address: 105.0000.0c8e.eafd {IPX interface of another device. You can get this information from show ipx interface command on that device. The IPX interface is a combination of the IPX network address plus the MAC address.}