NETGEAR RT338 Reference Manual page 102

Reference Guide for the Model RT338 ISDN Router
Table 5-9. TCP/IP Detail Tab
Field
My WAN Addr
Single User Account
Private
Metric
Direction
Version
5-26
Description
This field should be set to 0.0.0.0 unless you are using Numbered Links or Single
User Account (NAT) with a fixed address. Some network implementations require
hosts on both ends of the ISDN link to have separate addresses from the LAN,
and these addresses must have the same network number. If this situation,
known as numbered links, applies to your network, enter the IP address in this
field that is assigned to the WAN port of your router. This is the address assigned
to the local router, not the remote router.
Use this check box to enable or disable NAT (IP Address Masquerading) for this
node. If this box is checked and your router is using a single fixed (not dynamic)
IP address, enter that address in the My Wan Address box.
Use this check box to set whether router includes the route to this remote node in
its RIP broadcasts. If checked, this route is kept private and not included in any
RIP broadcast. If not checked, the route to this remote node is propagated to
other hosts through RIP broadcasts.
Enter a number in this field that approximates the cost for this link. IP routing uses
hop count as the measurement of cost, with a minimum of 1 for directly connected
networks. The number need not be precise, but it must be between 1 and 16.
In practice, 2 or 3 is usually a good number.
This parameter determines how the router handles RIP (Routing Information
Protocol). If set to Both (default), the router broadcasts the routing table of the
router on the LAN and incorporates RIP broadcasts by other routers into its
routing table. If set to In Only, the router broadcasts its routing table on the LAN.
If set to Out Only, the router broadcasts its routing table, but it ignores any RIP
broadcast packets that it receives. If set to None, the router does not participate in
any RIP exchange with other routers. Usually, you should leave this parameter
at the default (Both) and let RIP propagate the routing information automatically
This field determines how the router handles RIP (Routing Information Protocol).
The following RIP options are supported by the Model RT338 router:
• RIP-1—The router accepts and sends RIP-1 messages only.
• RIP-2B—The router accepts RIP-1 and RIP-2 messages (both broadcast and
multicast), and sends RIP-2 messages in broadcast format.
• RIP-2M—The router accepts RIP-1 and RIP-2 messages (both broadcast and
multicast), and sends RIP-2 messages in multicast format.
For most applications, the recommended version is RIP-2B. Select RIP-1 if other
connected routers or workstations have problems with RIP-2. Select RIP-2M only
in a pure RIP-2 environment.
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