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multicast routing protocols, you must edit an existing entry (as described in the following section) and press the Advanced button for RIP or DVMRP.

Modifying an IP Interface

To modify an IP interface, click on the edit icon () for the required entry, update the interface settings in the dialog box at the bottom of the screen, use the Advanced button to configure the unicast and multicast routing protocols (as described in the following sections), and then press Save.

Configuring RIP

The Routing Information Protocol is used to specify how routers exchange routing table information. (See “RIP and RIP-2 Dynamic Routing Protocols” on chapter 4.) When RIP is enabled on this routing switch, it broadcasts RIP messages to all devices in the network every 30 seconds, and updates its own routing table when RIP messages are received from other routers. RIP messages contain both the IP address and a metric for each destination network it knows about, and the metric indicates the number of hops from this device to the destination network.

You can use the following menu to specify authentication, the protocol used for sending or receiving routing messages on this port, the default metric used in calculating the best path, and enable or disable Poison Reverse.

Parameter	Description
Authentication	Authentication can be used to ensure that routing information comes
Type	from a valid source.
Authentication	A simple password must be provided if authentication is enabled. (An
Key	authentication string is case sensitive, and can be up to 16
	characters.)

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