D-Link DES-6500 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Figure 6- 34. DVMRP Neighbor Address Table

The following fields are displayed:

Parameter

Description

Interface Name

This is the name of the IP interface on which the router resides.

Neighbor Address

This is the IP address of the router.

Generation ID

This allows other routers on the network to determine when this router reboots

and to take steps to find alternative routes or to declare this route invalid until

the router returns to full functionality.

Expire Time

This is the amount of time the route will be considered valid without being

renewed.

DVMRP Routing Next Hop Table

The

DVMRP Routing Next Hop Table

contains information regarding the next-hop for

forwarding multicast packets on outgoing interfaces. Each entry in the

DVMRP Routing

Next Hop Table

refers to the list of next hops on outgoing interfaces to which IP multicast

datagrams from particular sources are routed. This table is found in the Monitoring menu

under

DVMRP Monitoring

, and is a read-only screen.

Figure 6- 35. DVMRP Routing Next Hop Table

The following fields are displayed:

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Parameter

Description

Source IP Address

This is the IP address of the source of the multicast packets.

Source Mask

This is the subnet mask corresponding to the IP address above.

Interface Name

This is the name of the IP interface on which the router resides.

Type

This indicates the type of DVMRP in use on this router.

PIM Monitoring

Multicast routers use

Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)

to determine which other

multicast routers should receive multicast packets. To find out more information concerning

PIM and its configuration on the Switch, see the IP Multicasting chapter of

Section 4,

Configuration

.

PIM Neighbor Address Table

The

PIM Neighbor Address Table

contains information regarding each of a router’s PIM

neighbors. This screen may be found in the

Monitoring

folder under the heading

PIM

Monitoring

and is a read-only screen.

Figure 6- 36. PIM Neighbor Address Table

The following fields are displayed:

Parameter

Description

Interface Name

This is the name of the IP interface on which the PIM neighbor resides.

Neighbor Address

This is the IP address of the PIM neighbor.

Expire Time

This is the amount of time allowed before renewing the contact with the

neighbor.

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Section 7

Switch Maintenance

TFTP Services

Ping Test

Trace Route

Save Changes

Reset

Reboot Device

Logout

TFTP Services

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) services allow the switch firmware to be upgraded by

transferring a new firmware file from a TFTP server to the switch. A configuration file can

also be loaded into the switch from a TFTP server, switch settings can be saved to the TFTP

server, and a history log can be uploaded from the switch to the TFTP server.

Download Firmware

To update the switch’s firmware, open the

TFTP Services

folder in the

Maintenance

folder and then click the

Download Firmware

link:

Figure 7- 1. Download Firmware window

Unit ID

−

Select which switch of a switch stack you want to update the firmware on.

This

allows the selection of a particular switch from a switch stack if you have installed the

optional stacking module and have properly interconnected the switches.

All

indicates all

switches in a switch stack will download the same firmware.

Enter the IP address of the TFTP server in the

Server IP Address

field.

The TFTP server must be on the same IP subnet as the switch.

Enter the path and the filename to the firmware file on the TFTP server. Note that in the above

example, the firmware file is in the root directory of the D drive of the TFTP server.

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The TFTP server must be running TFTP server software to perform the file transfer. TFTP

server software is a part of many network management software packages – such as NetSight,

or can be obtained as a separate program

.

Click

Start

to

record the IP address of the TFTP server.

Download Configuration File

To download a configuration file from a TFTP server, click on the

TFTP Service

folder in the

Maintenance

folder and then the

Download Configuration File

link:

Figure 7- 2. Download Configuration

Enter the IP address of the TFTP server and specify the location of the switch configuration

file on the TFTP server.

Click

Apply

to

record the IP address of the TFTP server.

Click

Start

to initiate the file transfer.

Upload Configuration

To upload the switch settings to a TFTP server, click on the

TFTP Service

folder in the

Maintenance

folder and then click the

Save Settings

link:

Figure 7- 3. Upload Configuration window

Enter the IP address of the TFTP server and the path and filename for the history log on the

TFTP server. Click

Apply

to make the changes current.

Click

Start

to initiate the file transfer.

Upload Log

To upload the switch history log file to a TFTP server, open the

TFTP Service

folder in the

Maintenance

folder and then click the

Upload Log

link:

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Figure 7- 4. Upload History Log window

Enter the IP address of the TFTP server and the path and filename for the history log on the

TFTP server. Click

Apply

to make the changes current.

Click

Start

to initiate the file transfer.

Ping Test

Ping is a small program that sends data packets to the IP address you specify.

The destination

node then returns the packets to the switch.

This is very useful to verify connectivity between

the switch and other nodes on the network.

Figure 7- 5. Ping Test

The

Infinite times

checkbox, in the

Number of Repetitions

field, tells ping to keep sending

data packets to the specified IP address until the program is stopped.

Trace Route

The switch can trace the route between the switch and any valid IP address. Click on the

TraceRoute

link under the

Maintenance

folder to open the following screen.

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