Rip Setup; Dhcp Configuration - ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL Prestige 100WH User Manual

Note on IP Address Assignment
Every machine on your Ethernet network must have a unique IP address. Do not assign
an arbitrary address to any machine on your network; or else your machines will not
communicate to each other, let alone accessing the Internet.
3.2.2

RIP Setup

RIP (Routing Information Protocol) allows a router to exchange routing information with
other routers. The RIP Direction field controls the sending and receiving of RIP packets.
When set to both, the Prestige will broadcast its routing table periodically and incorporate the
RIP information that it receives; when set to none, it will not send any RIP packets and will
ignore any RIP packets received.
The Version field controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets that the
Prestige sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving). RIP-1 is universally supported;
but RIP-2 carries more information. RIP-1 is probably adequate for most networks, unless you
have a unusual network topology.
Both RIP-2B and RIP-2M sends the routing data in RIP-2 format; the difference being that
RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting while RIP-2M uses multicasting. Multicasting can reduce
the load on non-router machines since they generally do not listen to the RIP multicast
address and so will not receive the RIP packets. However, if one router uses multicasting, then
all routers on your network must use multicasting, as well.
By default, RIP direction is set to both and the version set to RIP-1.
3.2.3

DHCP Configuration

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) allows the individual clients (workstations) to
obtain the TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a centralized DHCP server. The Prestige has
the DHCP server capability built-in and is enabled by default.
Prestige 100WH Internet Access Router
Chapter 3 Internet Access Application 3-3