From: Casassa, Nathan (ncasassa@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Apr 12 2001 - 23:07:34 GMT-3
Something found on Q&A Forum that may help lab study:
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Is there any way to simulate the function of DLSw? We have configured DLSw
and
the peers are up and running but how can we test it without any end systems?
Yes. Remember that DLSw is just a way of connecting bridged domains
through an Internet Protocol (IP) cloud; the traffic doesn't have to be
Systems Network Architecture (SNA). Here is one example:
Create a loopback interface on two remote tokenring routers.
Under the loopback assign the same Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX)
network (or apple range).
Next issue the 'multiring ipx' command on the tokenring interfaces.
The 'multiring ipx' command allows the router to generate Routing
Information
Field (RIF) on behalf of routed traffic.
So, now you have simulated a bridged domain, seperated by DLSw.
You should be able to ping the IPX address of either remote router.
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