Configuring Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC 2453) is an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) that is commonly used in internal networks (LANs). It allows a router to exchange its routing information automatically with other routers, and allows it to dynamically adjust its routing tables and adapt to changes in the network. RIP is disabled by default.

Select Network > Routing from the main menu.

Click the RIP Configuration link to the right of the tab. The RIP Configuration menu is displayed.

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From the RIP Direction pull-down menu, choose the direction in which the VPN firewall will send and receive RIP packets. The choices are:

None. The VPN firewall neither broadcasts its route table nor does it accept any RIP packets from other routers. This effectively disables RIP.

Both. The VPN firewall broadcasts its routing table and also processes RIP information received from other routers.

Out Only. The VPN firewall broadcasts its routing table periodically but does not accept RIP information from other routers.

In Only. The VPN firewall accepts RIP information from other routers, but does not broadcast its routing table.

From the RIP Version pull-down menu, choose the version from the following options:

RIP-1. A classful routing that does not include subnet information. This is the most commonly supported version.

RIP-2. Supports subnet information. Both RIP-2B and RIP-2M send the routing data in RIP-2 format:

RIP-2B. Sends the routing data in RIP-2 format and uses subnet broadcasting.

RIP-2M. Sends the routing data in RIP-2 format and uses multicasting.

Authentication for RIP2B/2M required? If you selected RIP-2B or RIP-2M, check YES the feature, and input the First Key Parameters and Second Key Parameters, MD-5 keys to authenticate between routers.

Click Add to save your settings.