Chapter 7 Interfaces

Table 53 Configuration > Network > Interface > VLAN > Create Virtual Interface (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Add

Click this to create a new entry.

 

 

Edit

Select an entry and click this to be able to modify it.

 

 

Remove

Select an entry and click this to delete it.

 

 

#

This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with a specific entry.

 

 

IP Address

Enter the IP address to assign to a device with this entry’s MAC address.

 

 

MAC Address

Enter the MAC address to which to assign this entry’s IP address.

 

 

Description

Enter a description to help identify this static DHCP entry. You can use alphanumeric

 

and ()+/:=?!*#@$_%- characters, and it can be up to 60 characters long.

RIP Setting

See Section 10.2 on page 199 for more information about RIP.

 

 

Enable RIP

Select this to enable RIP on this interface.

 

 

Direction

This field is effective when RIP is enabled. Select the RIP direction from the drop-down

 

list box.

 

BiDir - This interface sends and receives routing information.

 

In-Only- This interface receives routing information.

 

Out-Only- This interface sends routing information.

 

 

Send Version

This field is effective when RIP is enabled. Select the RIP version(s) used for sending

 

RIP packets. Choices are 1, 2, and 1 and 2.

 

 

Receive Version

This field is effective when RIP is enabled. Select the RIP version(s) used for receiving

 

RIP packets. Choices are 1, 2, and 1 and 2.

 

 

V2-Broadcast

This field is effective when RIP is enabled. Select this to send RIP-2 packets using

 

subnet broadcasting; otherwise, the ZyWALL uses multicasting.

 

 

OSPF Setting

See Section 10.3 on page 201 for more information about OSPF.

 

 

Area

Select the area in which this interface belongs. Select None to disable OSPF in this

 

interface.

 

 

Priority

Enter the priority (between 0 and 255) of this interface when the area is looking for a

 

Designated Router (DR) or Backup Designated Router (BDR). The highest-priority

 

interface identifies the DR, and the second-highest-priority interface identifies the BDR.

 

Set the priority to zero if the interface can not be the DR or BDR.

 

 

Link Cost

Enter the cost (between 1 and 65,535) to route packets through this interface.

 

 

Passive

Select this to stop forwarding OSPF routing information from the selected interface. As

Interface

a result, this interface only receives routing information.

 

 

Authentication

Select an authentication method, or disable authentication. To exchange OSPF routing

 

information with peer border routers, you must use the same authentication method

 

that they use. Choices are:

 

Same-as-Area- use the default authentication method in the area

 

None - disable authentication

 

Text - authenticate OSPF routing information using a plain-text password

 

MD5 - authenticate OSPF routing information using MD5 encryption

 

 

Text

This field is available if the Authentication is Text. Type the password for text

Authentication

authentication. The key can consist of alphanumeric characters and the underscore,

Key

and it can be up to 16 characters long.

 

 

 

MD5

This field is available if the Authentication is MD5. Type the ID for MD5

Authentication

authentication. The ID can be between 1 and 255.

ID

 

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