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Software User Manual 12/10/09 D-Link Unified Access System Field Slot/Port Send Version Receive Version RIP Admin Mode Authentication Type IP Address Link State Bad Packets Received Bad Routes Received Updates Sent Table 183: RIP Interface Configuration Fields Description Select the interface for which data is to be configured from the menu. RIP Version that router sends with its routing updates. The default is RIP-2. Possible values are: • RIP-1: send RIP version 1 formatted packets via broadcast. • RIP-1c: RIP version 1 compatibility mode. Send RIP version 2 formatted packets via broadcast. • RIP-2: send RIP version 2 packets using multicast. • None: no RIP control packets are sent. RIP Version of the routing updates that the router must accept. The default is Both. Possible values are: • RIP-1: accept only RIP version 1 formatted packets. • RIP-2: accept only RIP version 2 formatted packets. • Both: accept packets in either format. • None: no RIP control packets is accepted. Select Enable or Disable from the dropdown menu. Before you enable RIP version 1 or version 1c on an interface, you must first enable network directed broadcast mode on the corresponding interface. The default value is Disable. You may select an authentication type other than None by clicking the Modify button. You then see a new screen, where you can select the authentication type from the dropdown menu. Possible values are: • None: This is the initial interface state. If you select this option from the dropdown menu on the second screen you are returned to the first screen without any authentication protocols being run. • Simple: If you select Simple you are prompted to enter an authentication key. This key is included, in the clear text, in the RIP header of all packets sent on the network. All routers on the network must be configured with the same key. • Encrypt: If you select Encrypt you are prompted to enter both an authentication key and an authentication ID. Encryption uses the MD5 Message-Digest algorithm. All routers on the network must be configured with the same key and ID. Displays the IP Address of the router interface. Specifies whether the RIP interface is up or down. Displays the number of RIP packets that were found to be invalid or corrupt. Displays the number of routes, in valid RIP packets, which were ignored for any reason, e.g., the number of triggered RIP updates actually sent on this interface. This explicitly does NOT include full updates sent containing new information. Displays the number of route updates sent. Configuring the RIP Interface 1 Open the RIP Interface Configuration page. 2 Specify the interface for which data is to be configured. 3 Enter data into the fields as needed. 4 To change the Authentication Type, click Configure Authentication to configure different Authentication Types. The page refreshes and displays the RIP Interface Authentication Configuration page. Document 34CSFP6XXUWS-SWUM100-D7 Configuring RIP Page 295