Chapter 11 Interfaces

Table 60 Configuration > Network > Interface > WLAN > Add (No Security)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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

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

Version

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 14.3 on page 315 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

Interface

selected interface. As 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

Authentication

password for text authentication. The key can consist of alphanumeric

Key

characters and the underscore, and it can be up to eight characters

 

 

long.

 

 

MD5

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

Authentication

MD5 authentication. The ID can be between 1 and 255.

ID

 

MD5

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

Authentication

password for MD5 authentication. The password can consist of

Key

alphanumeric characters and the underscore, and it can be up to 16

 

 

characters long.

 

 

 

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