Routing Information Protocol (Rip); Manual Date And Time Settings; Dynamic Dns; Auto Negotiation - Motorola AP-7131N-FGR Product Reference Manual

Introduction 1-21

1.2.30 Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

RIP is an interior gateway protocol that specifies how routers exchange routing-table information.
The parent Router screen also allows the administrator to select the type of RIP and the type of RIP
authentication used.
For detailed information on configuring RIP functionality as part of the access point's Router
functionality, see Setting the RIP Configuration on page 5-74.

1.2.31 Manual Date and Time Settings

As an alternative to defining a NTP server to provide access point system time, the access point can
now have its date and time set manually. A new Manual Date/Time Setting screen can be used to set
the time using a Year-Month-Day HH:MM:SS format.
For detailed information on manually setting the access point's system time, see Configuring Network
Time Protocol (NTP) on page 4-44.

1.2.32 Dynamic DNS

The access point supports the Dynamic DNS service. Dynamic DNS (or DynDNS) is a feature offered
by www.dyndns.com allowing the mapping of domain names to dynamically assigned IP addresses.
When the dynamically assigned IP address of a client changes, the new IP address is sent to the
DynDNS service and traffic for the specified domain(s) is routed to the new IP address. For
information on configuring Dynamic DNS, see Configuring Dynamic DNS on page 5-27.

1.2.33 Auto Negotiation

Auto negotiation enables the access point to automatically exchange information about data
transmission speed and duplex capabilities. Auto negotiation is helpful when using the access point
in an environment where different devices are connected and disconnected on a regular basis. For
information on configuring the auto negotiation feature, see Configuring the LAN Interface on page
5-1 or Configuring WAN Settings on page 5-17.

1.2.34 Adaptive AP

An adaptive AP (AAP) is an access point that can adopt like an AP300 (L3). The management of an
AAP is conducted by a switch, once the access point connects to a Motorola WS5100, RFS6000 or
RFS7000 model switch and receives its AAP configuration.
An AAP provides: