Switch User's Guide

General Configuration Using Local Management

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3. Use the arrow keys to highlight the SAVE command field at the bottom of the screen, and then

press ENTER. The message “SAVED OK” displays.

Conﬁguring the Network Broadcast Type on a Port

IP Routing Services recognizes and accepts network broadcasts, IP packets with the host portion

of the IP address as either all 1’s or all 0’s. Other networking devices only recognize all 0’s as a

network broadcast.

To conﬁgure IP Routing Services to send network broadcasts addressed to all 0’s, complete the

following steps:

1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Network Bcast option.

2. Use the ENTER key to toggle the entry to ZEROS.

3. Use the arrow keys to highlight the SAVE command field at the bottom of the screen and then

press ENTER. The message “SAVED OK” displays.

Enabling the RIP Routing Protocol on a Port

Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a widely implemented routing protocol that is used

extensively on IP internetworks. IP Routing Services uses the RIP routing protocol to send and

gather information about the internetwork topology. This information is used to construct and

maintain a database called RIP Route Table, which contains the addresses of the available routes to

all the networks and hosts that RIP has learned.

Enabling the RIP routing protocol allows IP Routing Services to build and maintain a dynamic

database of route information. The best routes learned by the RIP routing protocol are added to the

IP Forwarding Table to forward IP packets. The ability to switch the RIP routing protocol on and

off on a port-by-port basis provides great ﬂexibility. On the same device, some router ports can be

running the RIP routing protocol while other router ports are not. If necessary, you can temporarily

disable the RIP routing protocol on any port without affecting the rest of your conﬁguration.

To enable RIP Routing, complete the following steps:

1. From the IP Configuration screen, highlight IP RIP and then press ENTER.

The IP RIP Configuration screen, shown in Figure 67, displays.

2. Use the arrow keys to highlight the System Level RIP-1 option.

3. Use the ENTER key to toggle the entry to ENABLED.

4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Port Level RIP-1 option.