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Advanced Pages • Advanced Routing Information Protocol Setup Page
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Advanced Routing Information Protocol Setup Page
This page allows you to configure Routing Information Protocol (RIP) parameters related
to authentication, destination IP address/subnet mask, and reporting intervals. RIP
automatically identifies and uses the best known and quickest route to any given
destination address. To help reduce network congestion and delays, the Advanced RIP
setup is used in WAN networks to identify and use the best known and quickest route to
given destination addresses.
RIP is a protocol that requires negotiation from both sides of the network (i.e., CMRG
and CMTS). The ISP would normally set this up to match their CMTS settings with the
configuration in the CMRG.
Note: RIP messaging will only be sent upstream when running in Static IP Addressing
mode on the Basic Setup page. You must enable Static IP Addressing and then set the
WAN IP network information!
Field Descriptions for the Advanced RIP Setup Page
Field Description
RIP Enable Enables or disables the RIP protocol.
This protocol helps the router dynamically adapt to the
changes in the network. RIP is obsolete since newer routing
protocols, such as OSPF and ISIS, have been introduced.
RIP Authentication If enabled, a plain text password or a shared key
authentication is added to the RIP packet in order for the
CPE and the wireless router to authenticate each other.