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If any other interfaces appear on this screen, type a different IPX

address for any interface you plan to route IPX packets over. These

addresses must be different from the global address.

Once you have finished IPX configuration, you can configure other

protocols or return to the Main Menu screen.

Configuring AppleTalk Routing

If you want to use the NetBlazer as an AppleTalk router, you need to set the

NetBlazer up as either a node or router on the LocalTalk LAN. If you want

the NetBlazer to be a router, you must decide whether it is a seed router or

a non-seed router. (See Appendix E, “AppleTalk Routing,” for more infor-

mation on routers and nodes.)

Note that seed routers are the primary routers for AppleTalk. Seed routers

maintain a static list of the routes on an AppleTalk network; this list is

shared with nonseed routers. If you set up the NetBlazer as a nonseed router,

there must be at least one seed router somewhere on the same LAN segment

as the interface for the nonseed NetBlazer to get information from.

You can use Worksheet 4, the “LAN Setup for AppleTalk” worksheet on

page B-7 to record and organize the information you need to complete the

tasks in this section.

To configure the AppleTalk protocol, follow these steps:

Note:

If you plan to use the NetBlazer only as an ARA server (in other words, so

someone on a remote Macintosh can call in to the NetBlazer to access a mo-

dem or the LocalTalk LAN), you do not need to configure the NetBlazer for

AppleTalk. The NetBlazer is shipped with both en0 and lt0 preconfigured

with all necessary settings.