Chapter 8: Magnum Router Specialized Functions
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There is an MVoIP sample in chapter 9 that will assist in clarifying the programming
requirements and steps.
RIP Routing RIP (Routing Information Protocol) is implemented on the Magnum Router using a “hybrid”
approach. Where most routers do RIP routing in a seamless fashion (just enable RIP and the
router does the rest), the Magnum Router needs to have a combination of static routes to
control the WAN portion of the network, along with the RIP protocol running on the Ethernet port
to update routing tables at remote sites.
The Magnum Router sends routing table updates out all programmed ports, and can learn
routing information through these ports. The Ethernet port of the Magnum Router uses this
information in the same way as any other RIP router, but the WAN section of the Magnum
Router cannot use the learned information.
As new sites come up on the network, they need to be programmed into the WAN section of the
Magnum Router in order to become available to other networks and devices. Once entered and
learned, the Ethernet port of the Magnum Router will send routing table updates to the other
network segments, just like any other RIP router.
Thus, this combination of static routes for the WAN and dynamic routing table updates for the
Ethernet is what is considered a hybrid implementation.
The Magnum Router uses a RIP version 1 protocol, and cannot support version 2 or any other
dynamic routing protocols.
In chapter 9, there is a sample of a point-to-point and multi-point RIP network.