Rip - Tenda AC1200 User Manual

the specified network 2.2.3.3, 255.255.0.0 can be expressed as "2.2.0.0/16" indicating all hosts that starts with
"2.2".
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Interface: Select an interface from the drop-down list according to your need. This interface can be the one on the
LAN side or WAN side that data will forwarded out by.
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Gateway IP address: Input the ingress IP address of the next hop which packets are forwarded to from your modem
router.
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Metric: Set the metric of this static route rule. It's optional. The lower the value is, the higher the priority will be.
When this two static routes' destination address are the same, packets will be forwarded by following the higher priority
route rule.
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Apply /Save: Click to apply and save your settings.
Note
1. Destination IP address cannot be on the same IP segment as WAN or LAN segment as the router.
2. Only configure additional static routes for unusual cases such as multiple routers or multiple IP subnets located on
your network. Wrong static routes may lead to network failure.
3. For system created route, the Remove checkbox is disabled.

2.8.3 RIP

RIP is an advanced protocol used in the ISP environment to maintain the backbone network, for dynamically refreshing
and generating the route table within each router that supports RIP. If all these route tables are managed by human beings,
it will be a lot of work. RIP here helps automatically learn the router table and share the refreshment with RIP-based
routers.
Click Advanced Setup > Routing > RIP. If the following figure shows, it means NAT feature on the WAN interface is
enabled and RIP cannot be configured.
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