ISDN: DDR Static IPX Routing

ISDN Dial-On-Demand Sample Configuration Static IPX Routing	Cisco ConfigMaker Windows 95/NT 4.0 configuration tool

Note: The following configuration is for IPX only. It is a good idea to consider adding TCP/IP to the routers as well as IPX. Even though your network demands are strictly IPX, having TCP/IP on the routers will allow easier management and configuration through a remote telnet session.

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This sample configuration statically routes only IPX between two Cisco IOS routers using PPP with CHAP authentication over ISDN. With static routes between the two routers, there is no need for the routers to exchange routing updates and the ISDN line activates only when traffic demands. This is known as dial-on-demand routing (DDR).

An alternative to DDR using static routes is DDR using a snapshot routing protocol. Snapshot routing allows routes to be automatically exchanged during a defined time interval instead of burdening a network administrator with the chore of manually maintaining static routes. Although the ISDN line must be activated to exchange snapshot routing updates, the duration and frequency of the snapshot interval can be configured such that any associated ISDN costs are relatively negligible compared with the benefits of simplified network administration.

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Info On PPP
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Before You Begin

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Detailed descriptions of all IOS commands used in ISDN configurations. Also provides links to the IOS Command Reference if more information is required

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Instructions on configuring an IOS router using the command line interface

Preconfiguration Checklist

ISDN Information
The following info must be gathered from the ISDN service provider

ISDN Switch Type
ISDN SPIDs (where applicable)
In North America, SPIDs are required for all ISDN switch types except for 5ESS Custom Point-to-point
ISDN Directory Numbers
The directory number is the local seven digit ISDN phone number (no area codes) of your router

Network Information
The following info must be gathered from the network administrator

PPP Client Name
A PPP client name must be assigned to both locations
PPP Authentication Type
CHAP authentication is preferred and used in this example
PPP Password
A PPP password must be assigned to both locations
IPX Address Information
An IPX network design must be created
Phone Numbers
ISDN phone numbers of both locations

Note: Commands followed by a <*> are on by default and do not have to be configured. The "!" marks that appear in the configuration are automatically entered by the router and function as line separators for easier reading.

Atlanta Router Configuration
In IOS "show running-config" format

version 11.2 <*>
service udp-small-servers <*>
service tcp-small-servers <*>
!
hostname Atlanta
!
enable secret cisco
!
username Boston password gocisco1
no ip domain-lookup
ipx routing 0000.0caa.1111
isdn switch-type basic-ni1
!
interface Ethernet0
no ip address <*>
ipx network 100 encapsulation SAP
ipx network 101 encapsulation NOVELL-ETHER secondary
!
interface BRI0
no ip address <*>
encapsulation ppp
dialer rotary-group 0
isdn spid1 014045551111000 5551111
isdn spid2 014045552222000 5552222
no fair-queue <*>
no cdp enable <*>
!
interface Dialer0
no ip address <*>
encapsulation ppp
ipx network AAAA
no ipx route-cache
ipx watchdog-spoof
dialer in-band
dialer idle-timeout 300
dialer map ipx AAAA.0000.0cbb.2222 name Boston speed 56 16175553333
dialer map ipx AAAA.0000.0cbb.2222 name Boston speed 56 16175554444
dialer hold-queue 10
dialer load-threshold 200 either
dialer-group 1
no fair-queue <*>
no cdp enable <*>
ppp authentication chap
ppp multilink
!
ipx route 2000 AAAA.0000.0cbb.2222
ipx route 200 AAAA.0000.0cbb.2222
!
ipx sap 4 BostonFS 2000.0000.0000.0001 451 2
!
dialer-list 1 protocol ipx permit
!
line con 0
password console
login
line aux 0 <*>
line vty 0 4 <*>
login <*>
!
end <*>

Boston Router Configuration
In IOS "show running-config" format

version 11.2 <*>
service udp-small-servers <*>
service tcp-small-servers <*>
!
hostname Boston
!
enable secret cisco
!
username Atlanta password gocisco1
no ip domain-lookup
ipx routing 0000.0cbb.2222
isdn switch-type basic-5ess
!
interface Ethernet0
no ip address <*>
ipx network 200
!
interface BRI0
no ip address <*>
encapsulation ppp
dialer rotary-group 0
isdn spid1 0155533330 5553333
isdn spid2 0155533330 5554444
no fair-queue <*>
no cdp enable <*>
!
interface Dialer0
no ip address <*>
encapsulation ppp
ipx network AAAA
no ipx route-cache
ipx watchdog-spoof
dialer in-band
dialer idle-timeout 300
dialer map ipx AAAA.0000.0caa.1111 name Atlanta speed 56 14045551111
dialer map ipx AAAA.0000.0caa.1111 name Atlanta speed 56 14045552222
dialer hold-queue 10
dialer load-threshold 200 either
dialer-group 1
no fair-queue <*>
no cdp enable <*>
ppp authentication chap
ppp multilink
!
ipx route 1000 AAAA.0000.0caa.1111
ipx route 100 AAAA.0000.0caa.1111
!
ipx sap 4 AtlantaFS 1000.0000.0000.0001 451 2
!
dialer-list 1 protocol ipx permit
!
line con 0
password console
login
line aux 0 <*>
line vty 0 4 <*>
login <*>
!
end <*>

After You've Tried

You've tried the configuration and it doesn't work. Help is available!

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