Linksys Etherfast EF1704 User Manual page 27

• RIP - Enable or disable the Routing Information Protocol for
unicast routing. Select Advanced to make more changes.
• OSPF - Enable or disable the Open Shortest Path First protocol.
Select Advanced to make more changes.
• DVMRP - Enable or disable the Distance-Vector Multicast Routing
Protocol. Select Advanced to make more changes.
Select Delete to delete a subnet. Select Apply to make changes. Select OK to
return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel any changes.
Subnet Configuration: Modify RIP Configuration
The Subnet Configuration: Modify RIP Configuration screen, shown
in Figure 6-37, allows you to modify the RIP parameters.
• Authentication Type - Authentication can be used to ensure that
routing information comes from a valid source. Select either No
Authentication or Simple Password.
• Authentication Key- A simple password must be provided if authen-
tication is enabled. It is case-sensitive and can have up to 16 charac-
ters.
• Send Type - Select the type of protocol used for traffic sent from this
port.
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Figure 6-37
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• Receive Type - Select the kind of routing protocol messages accepted
on this port.
• Default Metric - This is used for the default route in RIP updates
originated on this interface. A value of zero indicates that no default
route should be originated.
• Poison Reverse - This propagates routes back to an interface port
from which they have been acquired, but it sets the distance vector
metrics to infinity.
Select Apply to make changes. Select OK to return to the previous panel.
Select Cancel to cancel any changes.
Subnet Configuration: Modify OSPF Configuration
The Subnet Configuration: Modify OSPF Configuration screen,
shown in Figure 6-38, allows you to modify the OSPF parameters.
• Area ID - A 32-bit number assigned to each interface or subnet run-
ning the OSPF protocol.
• Router Priority - When two routers are attached to a network, both
attempt to become the designated router, and the one with the highest
priority takes precedence.
• Interface Cost - The cost of sending a packet on the interface.
Figure 6-38
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