3com 2200 User Manual

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Enabling and Disabling IP Fragmentation
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Enabling and 
Disabling IP 
Fragmentation
When IP fragmentation is enabled, large FDDI packets are “fragmented” into 
smaller packets. IP fragmentation allows FDDI and Ethernet stations 
connected to the Switch 2200 to communicate using IP even if the FDDI 
stations are transmitting packets that would typically be too large to bridge. 
Default value
The default value is enabled.
To enable or disable IP fragmentation for a bridge:
From the top level of the Administration Console, enter:
bridge ipfragmentation
To enable IP fragmentation on a bridge, enter:
enabled
To disable IP fragmentation on a bridge, enter:
disabled
Enabling and 
Disabling IPX 
Snap Translation
When IPX snap translation is enabled, any 802.3_RAW IPX packets being 
forwarded from Ethernet to FDDI will be translated to FDDI_SNAP. Likewise, 
SNAP IPX packets being forwarded from FDDI to Ethernet will be translated 
to 802.3_RAW packets. When IPX snap translation is disabled, standard (IEEE 
802.1H) bridging from 802.3_RAW packets to FDDI_RAW packets is 
implemented. 
Default value
The default value is enabled.
To enable or disable IPX snap translation for a bridge:
From the top level of the Administration Console, enter:
bridge ipxSnapTranslation
To enable IPX snap translation on a bridge, enter:
enabled
To disable IPX snap translation on a bridge, enter:
disabled
Top-Level Menu
system
ethernet
bridge
ip
snmp
analyzer
script
logout
display
ipFragmentation
ipxSnapTranslation
addressThreshold
agingTime
stpState
stpPriority
stpMaxAge
stpHelloTime
stpForwardDelay
stpGroupAddress
port
packetFilter
Top-Level Menu
system
ethernet
bridge
ip
snmp
analyzer
script
logout
display
ipFragmentaion
ipxSnapTranslation
addressThreshold
agingTime
stpState
stpPriority
stpMaxAge
stpHelloTime
stpForwardDelay
stpGroupAddress
port
packetFilter