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* RIP Direction: RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC1058 and RFC1389) allows a router to exchange routing information with other routers. The RIP Direction selection controls how the router sends and receives RIP packets. None is the default.
o When set to Both or Out Only, the router will broadcast its routing table periodically.
o When set to Both or In Only, it will incorporate the RIP information that it receives.
o When set to None, it will not send any RIP packets and will ignore any RIP packets received. None is the default. * RIP Version: This controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets that the router sends. (It recognizes both formats when receiving.) By default, this is set for Disabled.
o RIP-1 is universally supported. RIP-1 is probably adequate for most networks, unless you have an unusual network setup.
o RIP-2 carries more information. Both RIP-2B and RIP-2M send the routing data in RIP-2 format.
+ RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting.
+ RIP-2M uses multicasting. (See note below.) Note: Multicasting can reduce the load on non-router machines because they do not listen to the RIP multicast address and will not receive the RIP packets. However, if one router uses multicasting, then all routers on your network must use multicasting.
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