In IPX your host wants to get to IPX network x and the first router to answer the request will forward the packets. If that router goes belly up than the other will take over since he will answer first by default. I'm sure others who know the intricacies more than I can give a more elegant answer.
Dave Patrick Ramsey wrote: > > Fellow listers, > > Does ipx have a redundant routing mechanism? If I have 2 6509's with a gig > trunk port (all vlans), HSRP for IP traffic and the router dies in one, is > IPX just hosed? Or does it even matter? I know that ipx interfaces are not > configured quite the same as ip interfaces and are really just network > numbers. The router then knows to route between ipx networks. But which > 6509 will route the traffic? Or is it automatically dynamic? What exactly > is going on? > > -Patrick -- David Madland Sr. Network Engineer CCIE# 2016 Qwest Communications Int. Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612-664-3367 "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=33089&t=33072 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
