Multi-Tech Systems MTASR1-100 - Manual (Page 50)

MTASR1-100 Owner’s Manual
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IP General Setup
This dialog box allows you to setup various configuration options for the IP routing protocol. The IP General
Setup dialog box is displayed by clicking on the Advanced button in the IP Port Setup dialog box. These
options apply to all ports on which routing takes place.
The following parameters can be set.
IP Routing = [enabled | disabled]
Check this item to enable IP routing. Normally this item is check. If you do not wish to have IP packets
routed, then uncheck this item. If IP routing is disabled and bridging is enabled, IP packets are bridged, i.e.,
IP packets are transferred. If you do not want IP packets to get across at all, then you may enable this control
and disable IP Routing in the IP Port Setup dialog box.
IP RIP= [enabled | disabled]
Enables IP RIP based routing. IP Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a protocol used among routers to
exchange routing table information. RIP is the most common protocol used in both IP and IPX networks. RIP
is also used internally by client workstations in IPX networks to obtain routes (shortest or otherwise) to any
distant network.
RIP based routing should normally be enabled. This can be disabled in case you are using WAN links in Dial-
On-Demand mode. In these links, disabling RIP will reduce traffic on the link as this will also disable periodic
RIP broadcasts. RIP routing on the port will be automatically turned off when Dial-On-Demand is enabled in
PPP port setup.
Routing Tables are tables maintained in each IP or IPX router that maintains information on how to reach
known networks and the cost (or hop) of reaching the network. In other words, the routing table has
information that tells which outgoing port a packet should be put on to reach the destination network
addressed in the packet. Routers use some protocol (usually RIP) to broadcast their routing tables on the
internetwork. Routers receiving such broadcasts, update their tables to build up a full picture of all networks
on the internetwork of LANs.
IP Node Address = [dotted decimal IP address]
End-station IP address assigned to the RouteFinder. This address is the same at the Ethernet port IP address
and can not be edited.