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The distance of RIP refers to the hop counts that a data packet passes through before reaching its
destination, the value range of which is 1–15. It means the destination cannot be reached if the value is
more than 15. Optimal path indicates the path with the fewest hop counts. RIP exchanges the route
information every 30 seconds by broadcasting UDP packets. If one Router has not sent route information
in 180 seconds, the RIP of the other routers would set the distance to this Router into infinity and delete
the corresponding information from route table.
RIP develops from initial RIPv1 to RIPv2 gradually. Compared with RIPv1, RIPv2 supports VLSM
(Variable Length Subnet Mask), simple plain text authentication, MD5 cryptograph authentication, CIDR
(Classless Inter-Domain Routing) and multicast.
TL-ER6020 supports both RIPv1 version and RIPv2 version, thus you can configure the RIP version
based on the actual need to improve the network performance.
Choose the menu Advanced→Routing→RIP to load the following page.
Figure 3-44 RIP
The following items are displayed on this screen:
General
Interface: Displays the interfaces which has been physically connected or assigned
static IP.
Status: Enable or disable RIP protocol.
RIP Version: Select RIPv1 or RIPv2. RIPv2 supports multicast and broadcast.
Password If RIPv2 is enabled, set the Password Authentication according to the actual