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Case Communications 6401 Rugged ADSL Router Manual – Rev 1.5
SECTION 5 – ADVANCED CONFIGURATION Page 5.47
5.9.4 RIP
To configure RIP select the RIP option under Routing and you will see the RIP menu option.
RIP can only be configured on services which don’t use Network Address Translation (NAT), and
any invalid interface will not be displayed in the RIP table.
Layer 2 Service
Interface
WAN Service
RIP
EOA
Atm 0
Point to Point over Ethernet
Not Possible
EOA
Atm 1
IP Over Ethernet
Yes
EOA
Atm 2
Bridging
Yes
PPPoA
Atm 3
Point to Point Over ATM
No
IPoA
Atm 4
IP Over ATM
Yes
PPPoE
Eth 1
Point to Point over Ethernet
No
PPPoE
Eth 2
IP Over Ethernet
No
If a Service has been configured which can support RIP then when going to the RIP option in the
menus, the interface will be displayed.
The following table will be displayed
Interface
Version
Operation
Enable
Selects a WAN interface
Select RIP version, 1, 2 or
both
Select passive or
Active
Select ‘Enable’ to enable the configuration to be active.
NOTE: RIP CANNOT BE CONFIGURED on the WAN interface which has NAT enabled (such
as PPPoE).
To activate RIP for the WAN Interface, select the desired RIP version and operation and place a
check in the 'Enabled' checkbox. To stop RIP on the WAN Interface, uncheck the 'Enabled' checkbox.
Click the 'Apply/Save' button to star/stop RIP and save the configuration.
Having configured your WAN ports they will appear in a table showing the ports enabled for RIP, as
shown below.
Interface
Version
Operation
Enable
Atm0
2
Active
Atm4
1
Active
Select enable to activate these ports.
Active or Passive RIP
RIP classifies routers as active and passive (silent).
Active routers advertise their routes (reachability information) to others;
Passive routers listen and update their routes based on advertisements, but do not advertise.
Typically, routers run RIP in active mode, while hosts use passive mode