Chapter 7 LAN Setup

 

 

 

 

Table 25 Network > LAN > IP Alias

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

RIP Direction

RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC 1058 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 ZyXEL Device 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.

 

 

 

 

RIP Version

The RIP Version field controls the format and the broadcasting

 

 

method of the RIP packets that the ZyXEL Device 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-2B

 

 

and 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.

 

 

 

 

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7.6 LAN Technical Reference

This section provides some technical background information about the topics covered in this chapter.

 

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