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.
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