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M4300 Intelligent Edge Series Fully Managed Stackable Switches
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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 T
ype 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 T
ype 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.
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.
Table 123. RIP Advanced Interface Configuration
Field Description
Bad Packets Received The number of RIP response packets received by the RIP process that
were subsequently discarded for any reason.
Bad Routes Received The number of routes in valid RIP packets that were ignored for any
reason (for example, unknown address family
, or invalid metric).
Updates Sent The number of triggered RIP updates actually sent on this interface.
This explicitly does not include full updates sent containing new
information.
IP Address The IP address of the router interface.
Link State Indicates whether the RIP interface is up or down.