ZyXEL Communications Internet Security Gateway ZyWALL 2 Series User Manual

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ZyWALL 2 Series User’s Guide

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Table 6-9 Dial Backup Setup

LABEL DESCRIPTION

RIP Version The RIP Version field controls the format and the broadcasting method of the

RIP packets that the ZyWALL sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving).
Choose RIP-1, RIP-2B or RIP-2M.
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.

RIP Direction RIP (Routing Information Protocol) allows a router to exchange routing

information with other routers. The RIP Direction field controls the sending and
receiving of RIP packets.
Choose Both, In Only or Out Only.
When set to Both or Out Only, the ZyWALL will broadcast its routing table
periodically.
When set to Both or In Only, the ZyWALL will incorporate RIP information that it
receives.

Broadcast Dial

Backup Route

Select this check box to forward the backup route broadcasts to the WAN.

Enable Multicast Select this check box to turn on IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol). IGMP

is a network-layer protocol used to establish membership in a Multicast group - it
is not used to carry user data.

Multicast Version Select IGMP-v1 or IGMP-v2. IGMP version 2 (RFC 2236) is an improvement

over version 1 (RFC 1112) but IGMP version 1 is still in wide use. If you would
like to read more detailed information about interoperability between IGMP
version 2 and version 1, please see sections 4 and 5 of RFC 2236.

PPP Options

PPP Encapsulation Select CISCO PPP from the drop-down list box if your dial backup WAN device

uses Cisco PPP encapsulation, otherwise select Standard PPP.

Enable Compression Select this check box to turn on stac compression.

Budget

Always On

Select this check box to have the dial backup connection on all of the time.

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