Hi,
I'm sorry I did not cover the rest of the ethernat frame types. This was covered
earlier this week. Priscilla covered it really well in one of her replys on a similar
question.
Teunis
On Tuesday, February 06, 2001 at 04:55:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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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