Advanced Administration
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Routing
Overview
If you don't have other Routers or Gateways on your LAN, you can ignore the
"Routing" page completely.
If the Wireless ADSL2/2+ Modem Router is only acting as a Gateway for the local
LAN segment, ignore the "Routing" page even if your LAN has other Routers.
If your LAN has a standard Router (e.g. Cisco) on your LAN, and the Wireless
ADSL2/2+ Modem Router is to act as a Gateway for all LAN segments, enable RIP
(Routing Information Protocol) and ignore the Static Routing table.
If your LAN has other Gateways and Routers, and you wish to control which LAN
segments use each Gateway, do NOT enable RIP (Routing Information Protocol).
Configure the Static Routing table instead. (You also need to configure the other
Routers.)
If using Windows 2000 Data center Server as a software Router, enable RIP on
the Wireless ADSL2/2+ Modem Router, and ensure the following Windows 2000
settings are correct:
Open
Routing and Remote Access
In the console tree, select
Routing and Remote Access , [server name], IP
Routing, RIP
In the "Details" pane, right-click the interface you want to configure for RIP
version 2, and then click "Properties".
On the "General" tab, set
Outgoing packet protocol
to "RIP version 2 broad-
cast", and
Incoming packet protocol
to "RIP version 1 and 2".
Routing Screen
The routing table is accessed by the
Routing
link on the
Administration
menu.
Using this Screen
Generally, you will use either RIP (Routing Information Protocol) OR the Static Routing
Table, as explained above, although is it possible to use both methods simultaneously.
Static Routing Table
If RIP is not used, an entry in the routing table is required for each LAN segment
on your Network, other than the segment to which this device is attached.
The other Routers must also be configured. See
Configuring Other Routers on
your LAN
later in this chapter for further details and an example.
