Enterasys atx Betriebsanweisung

Introduction

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RIP is one of the protocols that allows the ATX to build an accurate, 
current routing table. Routers, including the ATX, send out 
broadcasts every 60 seconds advertising the networks they know 
about, the routes to those networks, and the number of hops to get 
to there. In this way the ATX is constantly up-to-date on the state 
of its neighboring networks.

SAP provides a method for IPX servers such as file servers to 
advertise the services they provide. It functions much the same as 
RIP, but it is the servers which send out broadcasts advertising the 
services they provide. IPX routers gather the information, maintain 
a database of services they know about, and broadcast that 
information to other routers. Clients can then find the servers that 
provide the services they need. 

Token ring networks often interconnect with source routing (SR) 
bridges. Although the source routing is a MAC layer feature, all 
packets must provide the correct source route information to the 
bridges in order to traverse the networks. To successfully and 
efficiently route network traffic in such environments, routers need 
to have the capability to explore and select routes, cache and age 
route information, and construct network packets with the proper 
route information. Support of IPX over source routing (IPX SR) 
enables the ATX LAN switch to achieve this capability and route 
IPX packets through the SR bridges.