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Configuring XNS Services

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Level 1

Bay Networks implements Internetwork Datagram Protocol (IDP), the only XNS

Level 1 protocol. IDP determines where each internet packet goes, addresses the

source and destination of each internet packet, and selects the transmission

medium. IDP is a connectionless datagram protocol. In other words, it does not

need a channel established for delivery. Also, IDP is unreliable. Higher-level

protocols assume the responsibility for reliability.

The Level 2 services provide IDP with the information necessary to route internet

packets.

Level 2

Level 2 protocols correspond to the transport layers of the OSI model. The Bay

Networks router running XNS software implements the following XNS Level 2

protocols:

• Routing Information Protocol

• Error Protocol

• Echo Protocol

• Sequenced Packet Protocol

• Packet Exchange Protocol

Note that the Bay Networks router running XNS software bridges packets other

than XNS when the bridge is configured.

XNS RIP Overview

XNS Routing Information Protocol (RIP) lets workstations and routers exchange

information dynamically to establish the route with the fewest hops and shortest

delay to each network.

Each router running XNS software maintains a RIP table, which contains the

following information about every network in the XNS network topology:

• The network address of each network

• The number of hops (cost) to that network

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