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CN2610 User’s Manual Setting Up Routing
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What is RIP?
RIP (Routing Information Protocol) is a protocol used widely to manage routing information
within a self-contained network, such as a corporate LAN (Local Area Network) or an
interconnected group of such LANs.
By using RIP, a gateway host with a router can send its entire routing table, which lists all the
other hosts it knows about, to its closest neighbor host every 30 seconds. The neighbor host in turn
will pass this information on to its closest neighbor, and so on, until all hosts within the network
have the same routing path information. This state is known as network convergence. RIP uses a
hop count as a way of determining network distance. (Other protocols use more sophisticated
algorithms that also include timing.) After receiving a packet headed for a specific destination, a
network host with a router uses the routing table information to determine the next host to route
the packet to.
RIP is considered an effective solution for small homogeneous networks. For larger, more
complicated networks, transmitting the entire routing table every 30 seconds can bog down the
network with a lot of extra traffic.
RIP 2 is an extension of RIP. Its purpose is to expand the amount of useful information contained
in RIP packets, and to add security elements. RIP version 2 recently became the standard version
of RIP, and the original RIP is no longer in use.
Configuring RIP
Open Server Menu Æ Adv. to configure Dynamic routing.
1. From the MAIN MENU, select Server, and then press Enter.
CN2610-8 CN2610-8_19 V2.0 MAIN MENU
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[Server] Port seTting sAve Utility Restart Exit
Examine/modify async server node/table configuration
Enter: select ESC: previous menu
2. From the SERVER MENU, select Adv., and then press Enter.
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Info. Lan [Adv.] Host_table Route_table User_table Quit
Examine/modify async server advance configuration
Enter: select ESC: previous menu
3. Use the Up/Down arrow keys to move the cursor to the Routing protocol pop-up selector.
Press Enter to see the options. Select RIP-1 or RIP-2. The RIP setting is only for sending
packets. For receiving packets, CN2610 supports both RIP-1 and RIP-2.