From: Gabriel.Neagoe@xxxxxx
Date: Sat Apr 14 2001 - 08:06:31 GMT-3
DLSW carries NETBIOS also
so two win 95 with NETBEUI installed should do the trick (i use 2x 486 with
12M ram and they work just fine..and somebody gave me those machines for
free :-) )
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Casassa, Nathan [SMTP:ncasassa@gnilink.net]
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 5:08 AM
> To: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
> Subject: DLSW Simulation of Hosts FYI
>
> Something found on Q&A Forum that may help lab study:
> ------------------
>
> 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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