From: Michael Bausenwein (mikeb55@xxxxxxxx)
Date: Sun Sep 03 2000 - 21:59:58 GMT-3
The best way to understand what it is, is to understand why it is used.
Many novell servers back in the day had multiple nics, each with a separate
network number. The server in effect became a router, this is why the
server listens and advertises with RIP. Once a server has multiple network
numbers, which one should it advertise it's services on? The answer is
simple, make up another network number, call it the internal network number,
use 0000.0000.0001 as the node address (usually the mac address in the rest
of IPX) and advertise that network using RIP. So now you advertise that
the serivce is available on the internal network number, and also advertise
how to get there.
Hope this helps.
Michael Bausenwein
CCIE #5865
Senior Network Engineer
Greenwich Technology Partners
email:mbausenwein@greenwichtech.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron DuShey" <aaron.dushey@dushey-consulting.com>
To: "CCIE (E-mail)" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 5:50 PM
Subject: IPX internal network number
> It is said in Caslows book that all Novell servers internal network number
> is set to .0001.0001.0001. I went through this before but am confused.
What
> happens if two servers are on the same segment? Wouldn't they then all
have
> the same internal net number? Can someone explain this internal net number
> again? Is that the number that would be used if you were to filter NLSP
> related traffic as Cisco routers must have one when using NLSP-?
> thanks, I need a refresher here-
>
> Aaron DuShey
>
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