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Pls Help with Interview Question!
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| segsob 2001-03-07, 1:24 am |
| I have a Cisco-related job interview scheduled for Friday morning. One of the preparatory questions reads: "How do you route non-routable protocols across routers?" Is this a trick question? (I doubt it). I've always thought the textbooks say protocols like NetBEUI and DLC were non-routable - period; but I hardly have practical experience in these matters and if it is possible I really don't know how. Is there anyone who knows how this is achieved in practice? I'll very much appreciate your response.
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| I don't know a whole lot about Cisco certification, but it seems to me that the answer would be to use a bridge or a brouter. Both work similarly to a router, and are usable for non-routable protocols.
If I'm wrong, please be kind. I just wanted to take a stab at the question and to see if my idea was correct or what the actual solution was. | |
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| Thanks Paisleyskye,
Yours is the 3rd reply I'm receiving in about half an hour since I posted the question! Don't you get any sleep?!
It appears the general idea is to enable bridging on the router, if the router is capable of it.
Once again, thanks a lot for your prompt response. | |
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| No problem, anytime.
Sleep is impossible in a house with 4 children. | |
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| You would need to encapsulate the non-routable protocol inside a routable one. Using a bridge or switch moves the data, but it doesn't actually route it. | |
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| I agree. Encapsulation would work. | |
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| Put your non-routable protocol (EG) Netbeui into a PPTP packet which will disguise the Netbeui packet as a TCP/IP packet !
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| Ando's solution works. This is a type of encapsulation. |
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