Chapter 6 Network
STEP 7 Select one of the following from the Receive mode
•Do not receive updates — Ignore all route advertisements received on this interface.
•RIP v1 only — Accept only v1 advertisements received on this interface.
•RIP v2 only— Accept only v2 advertisements received on this interface.
•RIP v1 or v2— Accept any RIP advertisements received on this interface.
STEP 8
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For RIP v2 Authentication, select one of the following authentication methods:
•None — Use no authentication of RIP communication on the interface.
•Simple — Use clear text password authentication. Enter a password of between 1 and 32 characters (over 8 characters recommended).
•MD5 — Use Message Digest version 5 (MD5) authentication. Enter a password of between 1 and 32 characters (over 8 characters recommended). MD5 is the recommended authentication mechanism.
Check Enable Split Horizon to prevent routers from advertising networks in the direction from which those networks were learned.
Split Horizon reduces convergence time by not allowing routers to advertise networks in the direction from which those networks were learned. The announcements only include networks in the opposite direction. This also reduces loops.
If Split Horizon is enabled, select Poison Reverse to further ensure that routes learned from a neighbor are not advertised back.
Routes learned from a neighbor are advertised back to it with metric 16 (unreachable). Enabling Poison Reverse has a similar effect as split horizon, and is also called split horizon with poison reverse. In a
Click Save.
Click Cancel to return to the Network - Interfaces page without saving the changes.
Multicast Routing for IP Interfaces
The device can be configured to function as a multicast router on the network.
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