Netgear XSM4348CS User Manual - Page 345

M4300 Intelligent Edge Series Fully Managed Stackable Switches 8. Select Enable or Disable from the RIP Mode list. 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. 9. Select the Authentication Type from the list. The types are as follows: • None. This is the initial interface state. If you select this option, no authentication protocols are run. • Simple. If you select Simple, you are prompted to enter an authentication key. This key is included, in the clear, 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. 10. Enter the RIP Authentication Key for the specified interface. If you selected Authentication Type None, you are not prompted to enter a key. If you selected Simple or Encrypt, the key can be up to 16 octets long. The key value is displayed only if you are logged on with read/write privileges. 11. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved. The following table describes the nonconfigurable information that is displayed. Table 123. RIP Advanced Interface Configuration Field Bad Packets Received Bad Routes Received Updates Sent IP Address Link State Description The number of RIP response packets received by the RIP process that were subsequently discarded for any reason. The number of routes in valid RIP packets that were ignored for any reason (for example, unknown address family, or invalid metric). The number of triggered RIP updates actually sent on this interface. This explicitly does not include full updates sent containing new information. The IP address of the router interface. Indicates whether the RIP interface is up or down. Manage Route Redistribution Use this page to configure the RIP route redistribution parameters. The allowable values for each field are displayed next to the field. If any invalid values are entered, an alert message is displayed with the list of all the valid values. Manage Routing 345 User Manual