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Configuring HSA300’s Interfaces with RIP

The following instructions describe how to enable RIP on HSA300.

Note

In order for HSA300 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. Log into the Configuration Manager, click the Services tab,

and then click

RIP

in the task bar.

The RIP Configuration page displays, as shown in Figure 39.

Figure 39. 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 HSA300 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

the metric values assigned to each port through which data is

passed before reaching the destination. Among several