ZyXEL Communications Parental Control Gateway HS100/HS100W - Manual (Page 85)

HomeSafe User’s Guide
5-8 LAN Screens
Table 5-3 LAN : IP Alias
LABEL DESCRIPTION
RIP Direction RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC1058 and RFC 1389) allows a router to
exchange routing information with other routers. The RIP Direction field controls
the sending and receiving of RIP packets. Select the RIP direction from Both/In
Only/Out Only/None. When set to Both or Out Only, the HomeSafe will broadcast
its routing table periodically. When set to Both or In Only, it will incorporate the
RIP information that it receives; when set to None, it will not send any RIP packets
and will ignore any RIP packets received.
RIP Version The RIP Version field controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP
packets that the HomeSafe sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving). 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, RIP direction is set to Both and the Version set to RIP-1.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the HomeSafe.
Reset Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.