Using Instant Internet As A Dhcp Workstation; Configuring The Routing Information Protocol - Nortel BayStack Instant Internet 100-S Using Manual

Chapter 5 Advanced IP configuration 157

Using Instant Internet as a DHCP workstation

You can also configure Instant Internet to be used as a DHCP workstation.
However, this functionality is intended to support modems that use the DHCP
protocol to assign dynamic IP addresses. Do not allow the Instant Internet unit to
receive an IP address from an existing DHCP server on the network interface
because the client workstations must be configured to use the Instant Internet unit
as a gateway and DNS server.

Configuring the routing information protocol

Routing information protocol (RIP) allows a router to select the best path for
sending packets to help speed up data transfer. Every 30 seconds, all routers
configured to use the RIP technology broadcast a message that contains their own
destination network addresses and the number of hops it takes to get to them (hop
count) as well as the destination network addresses and associated hop count of
any neighboring routers that they have been in contact with. The routers then use
the information gathered from these broadcasts to determine whether or not a
network is reachable and how far away it is to determine the best route to send a
packet.
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