How Do I Configure My DOCSIS Residential Gateway?
Use the following table to configure the advanced routing settings for the residential gateway. After you make your selections, click Save Settings to apply your changes or Cancel Changes to cancel.
Section | Field Description |
Advanced Routing | MTU Size |
MTU | MTU is the Maximum Transmission Unit. The MTU size specifies |
| the largest packet size permitted for Internet transmission. Select |
| Manual if you want to manually enter the largest packet size that |
| will be transmitted. 1500 is the recommended size. You should |
| leave this value in the 1200 to 1500 range. To have the device |
| select the best MTU for your Internet connection, keep the default |
| setting, Auto. |
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Dynamic Routing | Dynamic Routing using Routing Information Protocol (RIP) |
| automatically adjusts how packets travel on your network. This |
| protocol uses a hop count metric in local and wide area networks. |
| You can Enable or Disable dynamic routing from this page and |
| configure the following RIP parameters: |
| RIP Authentication: Enable or disable |
| RIP Authentication Key: Select a key |
| RIP Authentication Key ID: Choose RIPv1 or RIPv2. |
| RIP Reported Interval: Choose RIPv1 or RIPv2. |
| RIP Destination IP Address: |
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Routed Subnet | Allows you to Enable or Disable the IP addresses in your |
Support | network. Click enable to enable the addresses or click disable to |
| disable them. Enter the IP addresses that you want to enable or |
| disable in the following fields: |
| Select Set Number. Select a set number between 1 and 20. To |
| change your value, click Delete This Entry and select a new |
| value. |
| Destination IP Address. Enter the destination IP address. This is |
| the address of the remote network or host to which you want to |
| assign a static route. |
| Subnet Mask. Enter the subnet mask address. The Subnet Mask |
| determines which portion of a Destination IP Address is the |
| network portion and which portion is the host portion. |
| Gateway. Enter the Gateway address. This is the IP address of |
| the gateway device that allows for contact between the device |
| and the remote network or host. |
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Configure the Routing Table
To configure the routing table, complete the following steps.
1From the Setup page, click Advanced Routing.
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