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the WAN and incorporate RIP broadcasts from the other router
into its routing table. If set to In Only, your router will not
broadcast its routing table on the WAN; if set to Out Only, it will
broadcast its routing table but ignore any RIP broadcast packets
that it receives. If set to None, your IRT-1001 or IRT-1002 will not
participate in any RIP exchange with other routers. Usually, you
should leave this parameter at its default of Both and let RIP
propagate the routing information automatically.
Once you have completed filling in the Network Layer Options Menu,
press ENTER to return to Menu 11. Press ENTER at the message
'Press ENTER to Confirm...' to save your selections, or press ESC at
any time to cancel your selections.
Static Route Setup
On a directly connected to the Internet, RIP usually handles the routing
automatically. However, RIP cannot propagate across isolated networks,
as in the case before a connection is made between the two
subnetworks using one Class C IP address. Without a route, no packets
can be forwarded to their destinations. A static route is used to resolve
this problem by providing the Your IRT-1001 or IRT-1002 with some
static routing information. As a matter of fact, when you configure the
Internet Access or a Remote Node, a static route is implicitly created.
An example is given below. In the example, stations on the 204.5.1.0/24
subnetwork can access the remote stations using the static route. The
route will have a destination of 204.5.1.64/26 with the gateway address
being that of the Remote Node (204.5.1.150).
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