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allow for dynamic adjustment of routing tables in order to adapt to
modifications in the LAN without interrupting traffic flow.
The RIP direction will define how this router sends and receives RIP
packets. Choose between:
 Both: The router both broadcasts its routing table and also processes RIP
information received from other routers. This is the recommended setting in
order to fully utilize RIP capabilities.
 Out Only: The router broadcasts its routing table periodically but does not
accept RIP information from other routers.
 In Only: The router accepts RIP information from other routers, but does not
broadcast its routing table.
 None: The router neither broadcasts its route table nor does it accept any RIP
packets from other routers. This effectively disables RIP.
The RIP version is dependent on the RIP support of other routing devices in
the LAN.
 Disabled: This is the setting when RIP is disabled.
 RIP-1 is a class-based routing version that does not include subnet information.
This is the most commonly supported version.
 RIP-2 includes all the functionality of RIPv1 plus it supports subnet information.
Though the data is sent in RIP-2 format for both RIP-2B and RIP-2M, the
mode in which packets are sent is different. RIP-2B broadcasts data in the
entire subnet while RIP-2M sends data to multicast addresses.
If RIP-2B or RIP-2M is the selected version, authentication between this
router and other routers (configured with the same RIP version) is required.
MD5 authentication is used in a first/second key exchange process. The
authentication key validity lifetimes are configurable to ensure that the
routing information exchange is with current and supported routers detected
on the LAN.