PROLiNK Hurricane 9200/S, User Manual

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Hurricane 9200/S ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide
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The following instructions describe how to enable RIP on the
Hurricane 9200/S.
Note
In order for the Hurricane 9200/S to communicate with other
devices using RIP, you must also enable the other devices to use
the protocol. See the product documentation for those devices.
1. Log into the Configuration Manager, click the Services tab,
and then click in the task bar.
The RIP Configuration page displays:
Figure 43. RIP Configuration Page
The page contains radio buttons for enabling or disabling the
RIP feature and a table listing interfaces on which the protocol
is currently running. The first time you open this page, the table
may be empty.
2. If necessary, change the Age and Update Time values.
These are global settings for all interfaces that use RIP.
Age is the amount of time in seconds that the device’s RIP
table will retain each route that it learns from adjacent
computers.
Update Time specifies how frequently the Hurricane
9200/S will send out its routing table to its neighbors.
3. In the IFName column, select the name of the interface on
which you want to enable RIP.
For communication with RIP-enabled devices on your LAN,
select the LAN interface (usually eth-0).
For communication with your ISP or a remote LAN, select the
PPP, EoA, or other WAN interface used for that connection.
(See page 92 for a description of various interfaces and their
names.)
4. Select a metric value for the interface.
RIP uses a “hop count” as a way to determine the best path to
a given destination in the network. The hop count is the sum of