Configuring IPX Addresses

This section discusses how to configure IPX addresses on LAN and WAN interfaces for Cisco routers. We also discuss the configuration of the four IPX LAN interface encap-sulations used in an IPX environment.

LAN Interface Configuration

All Cisco routers that are routing IPX have a unique IPX network.node address on each of the attached LAN segments. This address enables the router to know which networks are connected to each interface and where packets for those networks should be sent.

Assigning IPX network addresses to both LAN and WAN interfaces is accomplished with the Cisco IOS interface subcommand ipx network. The IPX node address is set via the ipx routing global configuration command, as we mentioned earlier in ...

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