User Manual

Routing
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M6100, M5300, and M7100 Series Managed Switches
8. Select the check box next to the Interface.
9. In the Go To Interface field, enter the Interface in unit/slot/port format and click the Go
button.
The entry corresponding to the specified interface is selected.
10. From the Send Version list, select the version of RIP control packets that the interface will
send.
The value is one of the following:
• None. No RIP control packets are sent.
• RIP-1. Send RIP version 1 formatted packets through broadcast.
• RIP-1c. RIP version 1–compatibility mode. Send RIP version 2–formatted packets
through broadcast.
• RIP-2. Send RIP version 2 packets using multicast. The default is RIP-2.
11. From the Receive Version list, select which RIP control packets the interface accepts.
The value is one of the following:
• RIP-1. Accept only RIP version 1–formatted packets.
• RIP-2. Accept only RIP version 2–formatted packets.
• Both. Accept packets in either format. The default is Both.
• None. No RIP control packets are accepted.
12. 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.
13. Select the Authentication Type 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.