From: Fred Ingham (fningham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Dec 27 2000 - 23:09:24 GMT-3
Suggest you use ipx routing 1.1.1 on router 1, ipx routing 2.2.2 on
router 2, etc. This will give the MAC address 1.1.1/2.2.2 on all WAN
links and can be used to check IPX pings. If you want all interfaces to
have the same MAC address, configure DECNet.
Fred.
fwells12 wrote:
>
> Playing with some IPX labs and using the 'mac-add' command to customize =
> my interface mac addresses. I would like to be able to change just one =
> mac address and have all other interfaces on the router use that one for =
> the IPX node number. Can I do this or must I use the mac-add command =
> and change each interfaces ID? If this cannot be done using one =
> interface, can I use the same mac-address on every interface and still =
> have it work fine, or must I use unique addresses on each interface? I =
> have tried using the same address on a number of interfaces on one =
> router and the IOS has no problem letting me do this. However, I cannot =
> ipx ping the interfaces as I was able to prior to changing the mac =
> addresses. This may be because it will take a little more time to =
> propogate the routes across the networks...
>
> Thoughts please...=20
>
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