Prestige 334W User’s Guide

 

 

Table 6-1 IP

 

 

 

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

 

RIP Direction

RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC1058 and RFC 1389) allows a router to

 

 

exchange routing information with other routers. The RIP Direction field controls the

 

 

sending and receiving of RIP packets. Select the RIP direction from Both/In

 

 

Only/Out Only/None. When set to Both or Out Only, the Prestige will broadcast its

 

 

routing table periodically. When set to Both or In Only, it will incorporate the RIP

 

 

information that it receives; when set to None, it will not send any RIP packets and

 

 

will ignore any RIP packets received. Both is the default.

 

 

RIP Version

The RIP Version field controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP

 

 

packets that the Prestige sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving). RIP-1is

 

 

universally supported but RIP-2 carries more information. RIP-1 is probably

 

 

adequate for most networks, unless you have an unusual network topology. Both

 

 

RIP-2Band RIP-2Msends the routing data in RIP-2 format; the difference being that

 

 

RIP-2Buses subnet broadcasting while RIP-2Muses multicasting. Multicasting can

 

 

reduce the load on non-router machines since they generally do not listen to the RIP

 

 

multicast address and so will not receive the RIP packets. However, if one router

 

 

uses multicasting, then all routers on your network must use multicasting, also. By

 

 

default, RIP direction is set to Both and the Version set to RIP-1.

 

 

Multicast

Select IGMP V-1or IGMP V-2or None. IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is

 

 

a network-layer protocol used to establish membership in a Multicast group - it is not

 

 

used to carry user data. IGMP version 2 (RFC 2236) is an improvement over version

 

 

1 (RFC 1112) but IGMP version 1 is still in wide use. If you would like to read more

 

 

detailed information about interoperability between IGMP version 2 and version 1,

 

 

please see sections 4 and 5 of RFC 2236.

 

 

 

 

 

Any IP Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

Select this option to activate the Any-IP feature. This allows a computer to access

 

 

the Internet without changing the network settings (such as IP address and subnet

 

 

mask) of the computer, even when the IP addresses of the computer and the

 

 

Prestige are not in the same subnet.

 

 

When you disable the Any-IP feature, only computers with dynamic IP addresses or

 

 

static IP addresses in the same subnet as the Prestige’s LAN IP address can

 

 

connect to the Prestige or access the Internet through the Prestige.

 

 

 

 

Windows Networking (NetBIOS over TCP/IP): NetBIOS (Network Basic Input/Output System) are TCP or UDP broadcast packets that enable a computer to connect to and communicate with a LAN. For some dialup services such as PPPoE or PPTP, NetBIOS packets cause unwanted calls. However it may sometimes be necessary to allow NetBIOS packets to pass through to the WAN in order to find a computer on the WAN.

LAN Screens

6-7