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Basic Design of ISDN-WANs and
Configuration Overview
In this chapter, design and configuration issues for setting up WANs
over ISDN are discussed.
At the end of the chapter, a configuration overview is given that lists
all steps that are necessary for configuring the NetWare® Multi-
Protocol
TM
Router for ISDN 3.1 and gives information on where to
find the related instructions.
This chapter contains the following sections:
- "Routing Protocol or Static Routes - Basic Considerations" on
page 65
- "Possible and Recommended Configurations for IPX" on page 72
- "Configuration Overview" on page 73
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c h a p t e r
Routing Protocol or Static Routes - Basic Considera-
tions
The NetWare MultiProtocol Router for ISDN enables you to decide
for all routable protocols, i.e. for IPX, TCP/IP and AppleTalk,
whether you want to route them over ISDN by using a routing
protocol or by configuring static routes/services.
This decision can be made for each ISDN interface handling a con-
nection. This offers you the flexibility to customize your ISDN
connections according to two criteria: First, which applies best for
the network protocol you want to route to a remote site, and second,
which applies best to cover the nature of the remote site with regard
to servers and services available, i.e. if it is of a more static or a more
dynamic nature.
In the following, some general recommendations will be given.
Afterwards, advantages and drawbacks of each of the two methods,
static routes/services and routing protocol, are described and
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