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5-8 Dial Solutions Quick Configuration Guide
Configuring Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Access
Accessing IPX Resources
This section describes how to configure the access server to accept calls in to an IPX network so that
clients can access IPX resources, such as a Novell IPX server. It describes first the access server
configuration, then presents some basic configuration information for the dial-in client. Figure 5-3
shows a typical dial-in scenario.
Figure 5-3 PC Dialing In to Access IPX Network Resources
In Figure 5-3, a remote telecommuter dialing through the access server uses the Novell IPX client to
access the Novell IPX server. The client is a node on the same network as the IPX server.
Enabling IPX Network Protocol Support
For PPP dialing to an IPX network, you must first enable network protocol support. This includes
enabling IPX routing on the access server. If the dial-in client will be a routing client, you also must
specify the routing protocol running on the LAN to which the access server provides access. To
enable IPX network protocol support, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Enable IPX routing on the access server.
2511(config)# ipx routing 0060.3ef1.6f74
Note In the preceding step, the MAC address (0060.3ef1.6f74) is added automatically, based on the
MAC address of the Ethernet interface on the access server. You only need to issue the ipx routing
command if you want to assign a different MAC address. The MAC address is shown in the
preceding step only for illustrative purposes.
Step 2 If you are configuring IPX only and not IP, configure the Ethernet interface 0 as
IP unnumbered.
2511(config)# interface Ethernet0
2511(config-if)# ip unnumbered
However, if you are configuring IP and IPX on the interface, you must provide an IP
address for Ethernet interface 0. This must be a valid, unique, and unused IP address for
a subnet on a connected LAN.
2511(config)# interface Ethernet0
2511(config-if)# ip address 172.21.14.64 255.255.255.0
PC
Novell IPX client
POTS
network
(Asynchronous transmission)
Novell IPX server
Modem Modem
Asynchronous
interface
Ethernet 0
Access server
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