Routing Protocol; Chapter 9 Routing Protocol; Routing Protocol Overview; Routing Protocol Commands Summary - ZyXEL Communications ZyWall Reference Manual

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
Table 47 OSPF vs. RIP
Network Size
Metric
Convergence

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
ip
authkey
The following sections list the routing protocol commands.
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OSPF
Large
Bandwidth, hop count, throughput,
round trip time and reliability.
Fast
DESCRIPTION
The 32-bit name of the area or virtual link in IP address format.
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
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RIP
Small (with up to 15 routers)
Hop count
Slow
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