ZyXEL Communications XGS-4526 User Manual

Chapter 36 RIP

XGS-4526/4528F/4728F User’s Guide

uses the route that has the lowest metric value. The following table lists the 
default administrative distance value of the route sources supported on the 
Switch. 

Click IP Application > RIP in the navigation panel to display the screen as 
shown. You cannot manually configure a new entry. Each entry in the table is 
automatically created when you configure a new IP domain in the IP Setup 
screen (refer to 

). 

Figure 158   IP Application > RIP 

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

Table 111   Default Distance Value

Local

0

Static

1

OSPF

110

RIP

120

Table 112   IP Application > RIP 

Active

Select this check box to enable RIP on the Switch. 

Distance

Enter a number from 10 to 255 to specify the administrative distance that is 
assigned to routes learned by RIP. 

The lower the administrative distance value is, the more preferable the routing 
protocol is. See 

 for more information about 

administrative distance.

Note: You cannot set two routing protocols to have the same 

administrative distance.

Index

This field displays the index number of an IP interface.