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Brocade Mobility 7131 Access Point Product Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.4.0.0 and later) User Manual

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Brocade Mobility 7131 Access Point Product Reference Guide

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3. If RIP v2 or RIP v2 (v1 compat) is the selected RIP type, the RIP v2 Authentication field

becomes active. Select the type of authentication to use from the Authentication Type
drop-down menu. Available options include:

4. If the Simple authentication method is selected, specify a password of up to 15 alphanumeric

characters in the Password (Simple Authentication) area.

5. If the MD5 authentication method is selected, fill in the Key #1 field (Key #2 is optional). Enter

any numeric value between 0 and 256 into the MD5 ID area. Enter a string consisting of up to
16 alphanumeric characters in the MD5 Auth Key area.

6. Click the OK button to return to the Router screen. From there, click Apply to save the changes.

None

This option disables the RIP authentication.

Simple

This option enable RIP version 2’s simple authentication mechanism. This setting activates
the Password (Simple Authentication) field.

MD5

This option enables the MD5 algorithm for data verification. MD5 takes as input a
message of arbitrary length and produces a 128-bit fingerprint. The MD5 setting activates
the RIP v2 Authentication settings for keys (below).