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RIP Interface Editor
When you Edit an interface, you can alter the following fields (displayed in the Interface Settings
table):
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Interface —A read-only reminder of the current interface.
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Status Enabled —Check to enable.
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RIP Version —The type of RIP being broadcast. Possible values are:
Version 1 –Broadcasts RIP updates compliant with RFC 1058.
Version 2 –Indicates the device is broadcasting RIP 2 updates.
- RIP Mode —The type of RIP operation. Possible values are:
RX–The device can receive RIP receive broadcasts.
RX & TX–The device can receive RIP receive and transmit broadcasts.
- Auto Send Enabled —Check to enable. When enabled, the device can advertise RIP messages in
the default metric only, so stations can learn the default router address. This prevents the
router from sending excessive RIP updates on links where no routers exist to receive them.
While Auto Send is active, the router sends a short-form RIP update, which allows stations
listening for RIP to do router discovery, and so on, and to send an RIP update to routers added
to the network later. If an interface receives a RIP update, Auto Send is disabled on that
interface, and full RIP updates are sent. If the device detects another RIP message, Auto Send
is disabled.
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Default Route Metric —The default route entry metric in RIP updates originating on this
interface. Zero indicates that no default route is originated.
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Virtual Distance —Virtual number of hops assigned to the interface. This fine-tunes the RIP
routing algorithm.
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Authentication Mode —The interface authentication type, Password or MD5, that authenticates
RIP version 2 messages.
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Authentication Password —The authentication password.
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Authentication Key-Chain —The authentication key chain.
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Apply to accept your edits, or Cancel to abandon them.
NOTE:
This screen is not available for all equipment.