RE: IPX bridging problem

From: Atif Awan (atifawan@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sun Dec 24 2000 - 01:25:59 GMT-3


   

I know tunneling is an option but i spent a couple of hours trying to figure
out why the current setup was not working... on the lab i would go for
tunneling but one should be aware of all the pitfalls :)

Atif

>From: "Aaron K. Dixon" <adixon@houston.omnes.slb.com>
>To: "Atif Awan" <atifawan@hotmail.com>, <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: RE: IPX bridging problem
>Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 11:11:46 -0600
>
>If you only want IPX on router A and Router C then you should set up a
>tunnel between router a and router c and run ipx through it.
>
>Regards,
>Aaron K. Dixon
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
>Atif Awan
>Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 10:07 AM
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: IPX bridging problem
>
>
>
>i was working ipx ( my weak spot :) ) when i encountered a strange problem
>that i cannot seem to solve. The relevant setup is like this :
>
>Router_A(ether0/0) --- (ether0)Router_B(serial0) --- (serial1)Router_C
>
>All the 3 routers are routing IP. Router_A and Router_C have ipx routing
>turned on too but Router_B does not have ipx routing turned on. Router_A's
>ethernet0/0 and Router_C's serial 1 both have the same IPX network number.
>Router_B has bridge-group 1 statements on both ether0 and serial 0.
>
>IPX RIP routes from Router_A are seen successfully in the ipx routing table
>of Router_C. However, updates from Router_C are not reaching Router_A. When
>i turn on debugging on Router_C it says that it is broadcasting updates out
>serial 1 but these never reach Router_A. I dont think i need IRB anywhere
>here ... why is this happening that one way traffic is going through
>successfully and the other way its not ??? Rest assured there are no IPX
>access-lists anywhere ...
>
>TIA
>Atif Awan



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