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Chapter 3 - IPX Routing & Bridging
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Ethernet 802.3 (Raw) is the default frame type for earlier versions of 
Novell Netware. The default seeding value is Auto-Seed.
Ethernet 802.2 is a modified version of Ethernet_II and is the default 
frame type for Novell Netware 4. The default seeding value is 
Auto-Seed.
Ethernet 802.2 SNAP is used by the AppleTalk protocol. The default 
seeding value is Non-Seed.
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IPX Routing/Off
These radio buttons control whether IPX packets received by a member inter-
face of the IPX Bridge Group are passed on for IPX routing.
If set to Routing, then IPX packets received on a member interface of the 
IPX Bridge Group which cannot simply be bridged to another member 
interface of the group are passed on for IPX routing.
If set to Off, then IPX packets received on a member interface of the IPX 
Bridge Group which cannot be bridged to another member interface of 
the group are dropped. This setting means that further IPX configuration 
information is not required for the IPX Bridge Group.
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Seed Status (per Frame Type)
One of the functions which routers perform in IPX internetworking is setting 
the IPX network number for each network segment. A device which sets the 
network number for a segment is said to have “seeded” the network. 
Remember that all segments connected to interfaces which are members of an 
IPX Bridge Group will appear as the same logical segment.
Seed means the device will listen for an IPX network number being set 
by another device (including Novell software routers residing on servers) 
on the segment(s) connected to this interface and use this number if it 
exists. If it doesn’t discover a number in use, the device will use the 
configured IPX Network Number (discussed below) to set the network 
number for the segment(s)
Non-Seed means the device will listen for an IPX network number being 
set by another router (including Novell software routers residing on 
servers) on the segment(s) connected to this interface and use this 
number if it exists. If it doesn’t discover a number in use, the device will 
wait indefinitely until a number is set by another router on the 
segment(s).
Auto-Seed means the device will listen for an IPX network number 
being set by another router (including Novell software routers residing 
on servers) on the segment(s) connected to this interface and use this