ZyXEL Communications NBG-415N - Manual (Page 54)

ZyXEL NBG-415N User’s Guide
Chapter 5 LAN 54
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
5.1.2 RIP Setup
RIP (Routing Information Protocol) allows the ZyXEL Device to exchange routing
information with other routers.
RIP version controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets that the
ZyXEL Device sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving). RIP version 1 (V1)is
universally supported. RIP version 1 is probably adequate for most networks, unless you have
an unusual network topology.
RIP version 2 carries more information in the packets.Both V2 Broadcast and V2
Multicast sends the routing data in RIP version2 format; the difference being that V2
Broadcast uses subnet broadcasting while V2 Multicast uses multicasting.
To configure RIP settings on the ZyXEL Device, set the fields under RIP (ROUTING
INFORMATION PROTOCOL) section in the LAN screen.
Table 18 Basic: LAN: Router Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
ROUTER SETTINGS
IP Address Type the IP address of your ZyXEL Device in dotted decimal notation. 192.168.1.1
is the factory default. Alternatively, click the right mouse button to copy and/or
paste the IP address.
Default Subnet
Mask
The subnet mask specifies the network number portion of an IP address. Your
ZyXEL Device automatically calculate the subnet mask based on the IP address
that you assign. Unless you are implementing subnetting, use the subnet mask
computed by the ZyXEL Device.
Local Domain
Name
This field is optional.
The DHCP server on your ZyXEL Device assigns the domain name to the
computer(s) on the WLAN. for the wireless network. For example, if you enter
“mynetwork.net” here, and you have a wireless laptop with a computer name of
chris, that laptop will be known as “chris.mynetwork.net” to other computers on the
WLAN.
Enable DNS Relay Select this option to set the ZyXEL Device to forward DNS requests to the ISP's
DNS server.
This allows computers behind the ZyXEL Device to always receive replies from a
DNS server even when the ZyXEL Device obtains a different DNS server address
from the ISP upon re-establishing the WAN connection.
Note: You should disable DNS relay if you have set up a DNS
server on the LAN in the Virtual Server screen.