Chapter 13 Interfaces

Table 59 Configuration > Network > Interface > Ethernet > Edit (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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 16.2 on page 364 for more information about RIP.

 

 

Enable RIP

Select this to enable RIP in 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

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 16.3 on page 365 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

 

 

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