Enabling A Port; Norip Option - Cabletron Systems Fast Network 10 User Manual

Chapter 4: Monitoring and Managing Your FN10
If you disable the port through which someone is remotely
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managing the FN10, that person will not be able to
CAUTION
communicate with the FN10. Use the LCM command
addresses display to find the port number you are using to
manage the FN10.

4.5.2 Enabling a Port

When you enable an Ethernet port that has been disabled, whatever
bridging functions you had previously configured for that port are
re-enabled.
To enable a port, or a range of ports, at the LCM prompt:
1. Type
enable <PORT-RANGE>
For example,
LCM responds:
Entering
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port resets that port's statistics counters.
CAUTION
Rip listening means that the FN10 is in listening mode
NOTE
only. No RIP packets are created.

4.5.2.1 noRIP Option

The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is one of the protocols that
allows the FN10 to build an accurate, current routing table. This table
includes the networks it knows about, the next hop, and the number of
hops to get there. RIP enables you to use an NMS to remotely manage the
FN10 through a router.
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would enable ports 7, 8, and 9.
enable 7-9
Port 7: Enabled, Rip listening
Port 8: Enabled, Rip listening
Port 9: Enabled, Rip listening
enable <port number>
for an already enabled FN10
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