Microsoft KB Archive/165445

= XCON: How to Configure TP4 Protocol over Routers =

Article ID: 165445

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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SUMMARY
When configuring the TP4 protocol over routers, if the router is capable of understanding the ES-IS protocol there is no need to specify static routes or default gateways. If the router doesn't understand the ES-IS protocol, you might need to add Static Routes to the OSIRTE file.

This file is located in your %windir%\system32\drivers\etc directory. The file includes comments on how to add routing table entries.

The following is a sample OSIRTE file. ;
 * Static Routing table entries use the format as follows:
 * NSAP:MAC/X.121 address:Priority:CardChoice
 * Where;
 * NSAP = The remote ES's NSAP you want to communicate with
 * MAC = The ethernet address and is always an Hex format
 * X.121 address must be encoded in hex as 703701020304..and so on
 * Priority = 0 or 1.
 * CardChoice = ndis device name. I know it is cumbersome
 * Use the System-CurrentControl-services-Isotp-Linkage->bind of RegDB
 * Key values as shown. (NOTE: Streams is omitted from ndis_dev name)
 * NO BLANK SPACES ALLOWED IN THESE ENTRIES
 * RemoteNSAP can be ASCII. A $ implies HEX encoding for 1st & 2nd
 * field.
 * Lets take an example. If you want to route a destination whose
 * NSAP is FIRSTPLACE on Etherlink 3 card to an IS system whose
 * MAC address is 010203040506 the entry would loook like
 * FIRSTPLACE:$010203040506:1:\Device\Elnk31
 * The static routes are as defined below
 * The 1st line is priority 0 route for NSAP 474747(hex)
 * The 2nd line is alternate route for NSAP GEE ( hex:474747)
 * Where as 2rd line is highest priority for NSAP GGG but on FDDI card.
 * Now the card with subnet id = 0 will be the 1st one used.
 * $474747:$112233445566:0:\Device\Elnk31
 * GGG:$010203040506:1:\Device\Elnk31
 * GGG:$010203040506:0:\Device\SkFddiFe2
 * FIRSTPLACE:$010203040506:1:\Device\Elnk31
 * The static routes are as defined below
 * The 1st line is priority 0 route for NSAP 474747(hex)
 * The 2nd line is alternate route for NSAP GEE ( hex:474747)
 * Where as 2rd line is highest priority for NSAP GGG but on FDDI card.
 * Now the card with subnet id = 0 will be the 1st one used.
 * $474747:$112233445566:0:\Device\Elnk31
 * GGG:$010203040506:1:\Device\Elnk31
 * GGG:$010203040506:0:\Device\SkFddiFe2
 * $474747:$112233445566:0:\Device\Elnk31
 * GGG:$010203040506:1:\Device\Elnk31
 * GGG:$010203040506:0:\Device\SkFddiFe2

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