Wireless Gateway Series User's Guide

ZyAIR Wireless Gateway Series User’s Guide
8-10 WAN Screens
Table 8-5 IP Setup
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Private (PPPoE
and PPTP only)
This parameter determines if the ZyAIR will include the route to this remote node in
its RIP broadcasts. If select Yes, this route is kept private and not included in RIP
broadcast. If select No, the route to this remote node will be propagated to other
hosts through RIP broadcasts.
RIP Direction RIP (Routing Information Protocol) allows a router to exchange routing information
with other routers. The RIP Direction field controls the sending and receiving of RIP
packets.
Choose Both, None, In Only or Out Only.
When set to Both or Out Only, the ZyAIR will broadcast its routing table periodically.
When set to Both or In Only, the ZyAIR will incorporate RIP information that it
receives.
When set to None, the ZyAIR will not send any RIP packets and will ignore any RIP
packets received.
By default, RIP Direction is set to Both.
RIP Version
The RIP Version field controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP
packets that the ZyAIR sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving).
Choose RIP-1, RIP-2B or RIP-2M.
RIP-1 is universally supported; but RIP-2 carries more information. RIP-1 is probably
adequate for most networks, unless you have an unusual network topology. Both
RIP-2B and RIP-2M sends the routing data in RIP-2 format; the difference being that
RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting while RIP-2M uses multicasting. Multicasting can
reduce the load on non-router machines since they generally do not listen to the RIP
multicast address and so will not receive the RIP packets. However, if one router
uses multicasting, then all routers on your network must use multicasting, also. By
default, the RIP Version field is set to RIP-1.
Multicast
Choose None (default), IGMP-V1 or IGMP-V2. IGMP (Internet Group Multicast
Protocol) is a session-layer protocol used to establish membership in a Multicast
group - it is not used to carry user data. IGMP version 2 (RFC 2236) is an
improvement over version 1 (RFC 1112) but IGMP version 1 is still in wide use. If you
would like to read more detailed information about interoperability between IGMP
version 2 and version 1, please see sections 4 and 5 of RFC 2236.
Windows Networking (NetBIOS over TCP/IP): NetBIOS (Network Basic Input/Output System) are TCP or
UDP broadcast packets that enable a computer to connect to and communicate with a LAN. For some dial-
up services such as PPPoE or PPTP, NetBIOS packets cause unwanted calls.