
14 Documentation Roadmap (308665-15.2 Rev 00)
IP protocols
Nortel Networks supports several IP services. To configure an IP network, start with the IP, ARP,
RARP, RIP, and OSPF manual and then go to the other manuals for the protocols that you want to
add. Click on any of the following for a description:
Configuring IP, ARP, RARP, RIP, and OSPF Services
IP routers need both an IP address and a physical address to transmit data. The Internet Protocol
(IP) assigns the IP address, and the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) determines the physical
address by binding an IP address to a media access control (MAC) address. You can also configure
a Nortel Networks router as a Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP) server. A RARP
server supplies clients on the same physical or logical LAN with IP addresses.
The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector protocol, which means that RIP
computes distance based on the number of hops (or routers) from the source network to the target
network. For RIP, the “best” path to a destination is the shortest path (the path with the fewest
hops). Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is a link state protocol, which means that OSPF
periodically tests the status of the physical connection to each of its neighboring routers, but allows
you to configure the cost metrics. This manual describes how to configure IP services on a Nortel
Networks router.
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IP, ARP, RARP, RIP,
and OSPF
BGP and EGP GRE, NAT, RIPSO,
and BFE
DVMRP, IGMP,
MOSPF, PIM, and
RSVP
DiffServ and COPS
DNS, FTP, TFTP,
Telnet, NT P, T CP,
NetBIOS, and IP
accounting
IPv6 and RIPv6
VRRP
Polled
Asynchronous Over
TCP/IP (AOT)
BCC IP show
Commands
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