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Check Timeout
Enter the number of seconds to wait for a response before the attempt is a failure.
Check Fail
Tolerance
Enter the number of consecutive failures before the Zyxel Device stops routing through the
gateway.
Check this
address
Select this to specify a domain name or IP address for the connectivity check. Enter that
domain name or IP address in the field next to it.
Check Port
This field only displays when you set the
Check Method
to
tcp
. Specify the port number to
use for a TCP connectivity check.
RIP Setting
See
for more information about RIP.
Enable RIP
Select this to enable RIP in this interface.
Direction
This field is effective when RIP is enabled. Select the RIP direction from the drop-down list
box.
BiDir
- This interface sends and receives routing information.
In-Only
- This interface receives routing information.
Out-Only
- This interface sends routing information.
Send Version
This field is effective when RIP is enabled. Select the RIP version(s) used for sending RIP
packets. Choices are
1
,
2
, and
1 and 2
.
Receive Version
This field is effective when RIP is enabled. Select the RIP version(s) used for receiving RIP
packets. Choices are
1
,
2
, and
1 and 2
.
V2-Broadcast
This field is effective when RIP is enabled. Select this to send RIP-2 packets using subnet
broadcasting; otherwise, the Zyxel Device uses multicasting.
OSPF Setting
See
for more information about OSPF.
Area
Select the area in which this interface belongs. Select
None
to disable OSPF in this interface.
Priority
Enter the priority (between 0 and 255) of this interface when the area is looking for a
Designated Router (DR) or Backup Designated Router (BDR). The highest-priority interface
identifies the DR, and the second-highest-priority interface identifies the BDR. Set the priority
to zero if the interface can not be the DR or BDR.
Link Cost
Enter the cost (between 1 and 65,535) to route packets through this interface.
Passive Interface
Select this to stop forwarding OSPF routing information from the selected interface. As a
result, this interface only receives routing information.
Authentication
Select an authentication method, or disable authentication. To exchange OSPF routing
information with peer border routers, you must use the same authentication method that
they use. Choices are:
Same-as-Area
- use the default authentication method in the area
None
- disable authentication
Text
- authenticate OSPF routing information using a plain-text password
MD5
- authenticate OSPF routing information using MD5 encryption
Text
Authentication
Key
This field is available if the
Authentication
is
Text
. Type the password for text authentication.
The key can consist of alphanumeric characters and the underscore, and it can be up to 16
characters long.
MD5
Authentication ID
This field is available if the
Authentication
is
MD5
. Type the ID for MD5 authentication. The ID
can be between 1 and 255.
MD5
Authentication
Key
This field is available if the
Authentication
is
MD5
. Type the password for MD5 authentication.
The password can consist of alphanumeric characters and the underscore, and it can be
up to 16 characters long.
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