ZyXEL Communications USG 2000 User Manual

Chapter 13 Interfaces

ZyWALL USG 2000 User’s Guide

IP Address

Enter the IP address to assign to a device with this entry’s MAC 
address.

MAC Address

Enter the MAC address to which to assign this entry’s IP address.

Description

Enter a description to help identify this static DHCP entry. You can use 
alphanumeric and 

()+/:=?!*#@$_%-

 characters, and it can be up to 

60 characters long.

RIP Setting

See 

 for more information about RIP.

Enable RIP

Select this to enable RIP in this interface.

Direction

This field is effective when RIP is enabled. Select the RIP direction 
from the drop-down list box.

BiDir - This interface sends and receives routing information.

In-Only - This interface receives routing information.

Out-Only - This interface sends routing information.

Send Version

This field is effective when RIP is enabled. Select the RIP version(s) 
used for sending RIP packets. Choices are 1, 2, and 1 and 2.

Receive 

Version

This field is effective when RIP is enabled. Select the RIP version(s) 
used for receiving RIP packets. Choices are 1, 2, and 1 and 2.

V2-Broadcast

This field is effective when RIP is enabled. Select this to send RIP-2 
packets using subnet broadcasting; otherwise, the ZyWALL uses 
multicasting.

OSPF Setting

 for more information about OSPF.

Area

Select the area in which this interface belongs. Select None to disable 
OSPF in this interface.

Priority

Enter the priority (between 0 and 255) of this interface when the area 
is looking for a Designated Router (DR) or Backup Designated Router 
(BDR). The highest-priority interface identifies the DR, and the 
second-highest-priority interface identifies the BDR. Set the priority 
to zero if the interface can not be the DR or BDR.

Link Cost

Enter the cost (between 1 and 65,535) to route packets through this 
interface.

Passive 

Interface

Select this to stop forwarding OSPF routing information from the 
selected interface. As a result, this interface only receives routing 
information.

Authentication Select an authentication method, or disable authentication. To 

exchange OSPF routing information with peer border routers, you 
must use the same authentication method that they use. Choices are:

Same-as-Area - use the default authentication method in the area

None - disable authentication

Text - authenticate OSPF routing information using a plain-text 
password

MD5 - authenticate OSPF routing information using MD5 encryption

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