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 Chapter 7 LAN Setup
P-660H-T1v3s User’s Guide
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The following table describes the labels in this screen. 
Table 21   Network > LAN > IP Alias 
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
IP Alias 1
Select the check box to configure another LAN network for the P-660H-
T1v3s.
IP Address
Enter the IP address of your P-660H-T1v3s in dotted decimal notation. 
IP Subnet Mask
Your P-660H-T1v3s will automatically calculate the subnet mask based 
on the IP address that you assign. Unless you are implementing 
subnetting, use the subnet mask computed by the P-660H-T1v3s.
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 P-660H-T1v3s 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
The RIP Version field controls the format and the broadcasting 
method of the RIP packets that the P-660H-T1v3s 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. By default, RIP direction is set to Both and the Version set to 
RIP-1.
Apply
Click this to save your changes.
Cancel
Click this to restore your previously saved settings.