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DEFINED
P
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F
ILTERING
Example 1: Isolating IP Segments
The network shown in Figure 7-2 is composed of two types of protocols:
■
The Internet protocol (IP), over which Sun® workstations and a compute
server communicate
■
AppleTalk® Phase I protocol, over which Apple® Macintosh workstations and
servers communicate
Figure 7-2
A Network with Two Protocols
Macintosh computers can use Internet Protocol (IP) to communicate with
Sun workstations, but Sun workstations cannot use AppleTalk protocol to
communicate with the Macintoshes.
Without any packet filtering, AppleTalk broadcasts would be bridged to the
IP segments. Even some unicast traffic would occasionally be flooded to
those segments if the destination station has not been learned. Because the
Sun workstations cannot interpret AppleTalk packets, you want to isolate
these packets from the IP segments.
Macintosh
®
workstations
Macintosh
®
workstations
Server
Sun
®
Workstations
Compute
server
AppleTalk
®
Phase I
Protocol
Internet
Protocol
Sun
®
workstations
LANplex
®
2500 system
FDDI ports
Ethernet ports
Bridge
relay
Summary of Contents for LANPLEX 2500
Page 1: ...LANPLEX 2500 OPERATION GUIDE Part No 801 00344 000 Published November 1996 Revision 03...
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Page 18: ...1 4 CHAPTER 1 LANPLEX MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OVERVIEW...
Page 78: ...III Chapter 9 FDDI Overview and Implementation Chapter 10 FDDI Networks FDDI TECHNOLOGY...
Page 97: ...IV Chapter 11 ATM Networks ATM TECHNOLOGY...
Page 116: ...V Appendix A SNMP MIB Support Appendix B Technical Support APPENDIXES...