Does catalyst 3550 support ipx layer 3 routing ?

[victorchen]

Does catalyst 3550 support ipx layer 3 routing ?

[cminch]

Hi,

To my knowledge it does not. Anyone else correct me?

Regards,

Corey

[kirkster]

It does not. IP only on both EMI and SMI images.

Steve

[Bobby Thekkekandam]

Yes, it is correct that the 3550s do not support IPX routing. One possible alternative is to configure fallback bridging which enables you to forward non-IP packets that the switch does not route between VLAN bridge domains and routed ports.

See the following link for more details:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c3550/12113ea1/3550scg/swfallbk.htm#wp1030666