User Manual

VisionNet 202ER ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide

Configuring the VisionNet 202ER’s Interfaces with RIP

The following instructions describe how to enable RIP on the

VisionNet 202ER.

Note

In order for the VisionNet 202ER to communicate with other

devices using RIP, you must also enable the other devices to use

the protocol. See the product documentation for those devices.

1. Launch the Configuration Manager, the Security tab, and

then click

RIP in the task bar.

The RIP Configuration page displays, as shown in Figure 34.

Figure 34. RIP Configuration Page

The page contains radio buttons for enabling or disabling the

RIP feature and a table listing interfaces on which the protocol

is currently running. The first time you open this page, the table

may be empty.

2. If necessary, change the Age and Update Time.

These are global settings for all interfaces that use RIP.

 Age is the amount of time in seconds that the device’s RIP

table will retain each route that it learns from adjacent

computers.

 Update Time specifies how frequently the VisionNet 202ER

will send out its routing table its neighbors.

3. In the IFName column, select the name of the interface on

which you want to enable RIP.

For communication with RIP-enabled devices on your LAN,

select eth-0 or the name of the appropriate virtual Ethernet

interface.

For communication with your ISP or a remote LAN, select the

corresponding ppp, eoa, or other WAN interface.

(See page 43 for a description of various interfaces and their

names.)

4. Select a metric value for the interface.

RIP uses a “hop count” as a way to determine the best path to

a given destination in the network. The hop count is the sum of