ZyXEL Communications P-660H-T1 v3s, User Manual

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Chapter 7 LAN Setup
P-660H-T1v3s User’s Guide
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 21 Network > LAN > IP Alias
LABEL DESCRIPTION
IP Alias 1 Select the check box to configure another LAN network for the P-660H-
T1v3s.
IP Address Enter the IP address of your P-660H-T1v3s in dotted decimal notation.
IP Subnet Mask Your P-660H-T1v3s will automatically calculate the subnet mask based
on the IP address that you assign. Unless you are implementing
subnetting, use the subnet mask computed by the P-660H-T1v3s.
RIP Direction RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC 1058 and RFC 1389) allows a
router to exchange routing information with other routers. The RIP
Direction field controls the sending and receiving of RIP packets.
Select the RIP direction from Both/In Only/Out Only/None. When
set to Both or Out Only, the P-660H-T1v3s will broadcast its routing
table periodically. When set to Both or In Only, it will incorporate the
RIP information that it receives; when set to None, it will not send any
RIP packets and will ignore any RIP packets received.
RIP Version The RIP Version field controls the format and the broadcasting
method of the RIP packets that the P-660H-T1v3s sends (it recognizes
both formats when receiving). RIP-1 is universally supported but RIP-2
carries more information. RIP-1 is probably adequate for most
networks, unless you have an unusual network topology. Both RIP-2B
and RIP-2M sends the routing data in RIP-2 format; the difference
being that RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting while RIP-2M uses
multicasting. Multicasting can reduce the load on non-router machines
since they generally do not listen to the RIP multicast address and so
will not receive the RIP packets. However, if one router uses
multicasting, then all routers on your network must use multicasting,
also. By default, RIP direction is set to Both and the Version set to
RIP-1.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to restore your previously saved settings.