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Figure 44   Advanced Internet Connection
The following table describes the labels in this screen.  
Table 22   Advanced Internet Connection
LABEL DESCRIPTION
RIP & Multicast 
Setup
RIP Direction RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC 1058 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 ZyXEL Device 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 RIP (Routing Information Protocol) allows a router to exchange routing information 
with other routers. This field is enabled if RIP Direction is not None. The RIP 
Version field controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets 
that the ZyXEL Device 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.
Multicast IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) is a network-layer protocol used to 
establish membership in a multicast group. Multicast packets are sent to a group of 
computers on the LAN and are an alternative to unicast packets (packets sent to 
one computer) and broadcast packets (packets sent to every computer).
The ZyXEL Device supports both IGMP version 1 (IGMP-v1) and IGMP-v2. Select 
None to disable it.
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