User's Manual
SPEEDLAN TM
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Wave Wireless brouters support what is known as RIP (Routing Information Protocol). RIP allows users to
permit network equipment to communicate with each other to handle the routing plan of your network.
Send RIP Default Route - Enabling this feature instructs the brouter to inform the network (via RIP) that it
is the default router for that network. This feature should only be enabled if this brouter is the only
default router on the local network.
Send RIP Routes - Enabling this feature instructs the brouter to forward all route information gathered and
stored by this brouter through the interface(s) selected. This is normally used in conjunction with Listen to
RIP which instructs the brouter to gather RIP information from other RIP devices on your network.
RIP Routing
Add/Indirect - This button activates a menu which is used to
specify the indirect routes for this bridge/router. These routes
are sometimes refered to as static routes. You can use indirect
routes to define the way to get to subnets that are attached to
other routers in your network. As an example, if subnet
198.17.74.0 is attached to router 128.146.11.20, in order for
this brouter to route packets to 198.17.74.1 you should specify
an entry that is set up as: IP Address = 198.17.74.0; IP Mask =
FFFFFF00; Next Hop = 128.146.11.20 with Cost = 1.
Add/Direct - This button activates a menu which is used to
specify the direct routes for each of the interfaces on the brouter.
Direct routes are those that are directly connected to the inter-
faces. As an example, if interface 1 is to have subnet 128.146.6.0
connected to it and an IP address of 128.146.6.1 with a subnet
mask of 255.255.255.0, an entry in this menu should be set up
as: IP Address = 128.146.6.1; IP Mask = FFFFFF00; and In-
terface = 1.
Listen to RIP - This function enables the brouter to listen for and update its RIP information. The routes
gathered in this manner come from other RIP-enabled routers on your network. This feature is normally used
in conjuntion with Send RIP Routes, which instructs the brouter to pass along all RIP information it has
gathered to other RIP devices on your network.