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their CMTS settings.
To access the
RIP Setup
page:
1
Click
Advanced
in the menu bar.
2
Then click the
RIP Setup
submenu.
Figure 20 shows an example of the menu and Table 14 describes the items you can
select.
Figure 20. Example of RIP Setup Page
Note:
RIP messages will only be sent when the Cable Modem/Router is configured for Static IP
Addressing (see the
Basic – Setup
page).
It is unlikely that your cable Internet service supports this mode. If they do, and you want
to enable RIP, you will need to ask for the CMTS’s key name and number. You may need
additional information.
To enable the Cable Modem/Router to perform RIP, do the following (this example uses
BRCMV2 as the RIP Authentication Key and 1 as the Key ID):
To turn on RIP MD5 Authentication, and check the
Enable
box.
To specify a RIP MD5 Authentication Key String, type
BRCMV2
for this example.
key name = a string value to match CMTS key name value
To specify a RIP MD5 Auth Key ID, type
1
.
key number = a number to match the CMTS key number value
To change the RIP announcement interval, enter a number in seconds.
reporting interval by default = 30 seconds