9

Routing Protocol

This chapter describes how to set up RIP and OSPF routing protocols for the ZyWALL.

9.1 Routing Protocol Overview

Routing protocols give the ZyWALL routing information about the network from other routers. The ZyWALL then stores this routing information in the routing table, which it uses when it makes routing decisions. In turn, the ZyWALL can also provide routing information via routing protocols to other routers.

The ZyWALL supports two standards, RIP and OSPF, for routing protocols. RIP and OSPF are compared in Table 47 on page 107, and they are discussed further in the next two sections.

Table 47 OSPF vs. RIP

 

OSPF

RIP

Network Size

Large

Small (with up to 15 routers)

 

 

 

Metric

Bandwidth, hop count, throughput,

Hop count

 

round trip time and reliability.

 

 

 

 

Convergence

Fast

Slow

 

 

 

9.2 Routing Protocol Commands Summary

The following table describes the values required for many routing protocol commands. Other values are discussed with the corresponding commands.

Table 48 Input Values for Routing Protocol Commands

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

ip

The 32-bit name of the area or virtual link in IP address format.

 

 

authkey

The password for text or MD5 authentication. You may use alphanumeric characters or

 

underscores(_).

 

text password: 1-8 characters long

 

MD5 password: 1-16 characters long

 

 

The following sections list the routing protocol commands.

 

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