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ZyAIR G-2000 Plus User’s Guide
77 Chapter 5 LAN Screens
Figure 20 IP Alias
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 19 IP Alias
LABEL DESCRIPTION
IP Alias 1,2 Select the check box to configure another LAN network for the ZyAIR.
IP Address Enter the IP address of your ZyAIR in dotted decimal notation.
IP Subnet Mask Your ZyAIR will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on the IP address
that you assign. Unless you are implementing subnetting, use the subnet mask
computed by the ZyAIR.
RIP Direction RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC1058 and RFC 1389) allows a router to
exchange routing information with other routers. The RIP Direction field controls
the sending and receiving of RIP packets. Select the RIP direction from Both/In
Only/Out Only/None. When set to Both or Out Only, the ZyAIR will broadcast
its routing table periodically. When set to Both or In Only, it will incorporate the
RIP information that it receives; when set to None, it will not send any RIP
packets and will ignore any RIP packets received.
RIP Version The RIP Version field controls the format and the broadcasting method of the
RIP packets that the ZyAIR sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving).
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. By default, RIP direction is set to Both and
the Version set to RIP-1.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyAIR.
Reset Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.