Configure RIP2

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So configuring RIP on a Cisco router seems to be easier than this :confused:

I have two routers Linksys WAG320N and a Symantec Gateway Security (SGS) 360.

They are connected as follows:

Linksys network address: 192.168.1.0 (255.255.255.0)
Linksys IP: 192.168.1.1

1 ethernaet cable from Linksys port 1 to SGS WAN port.

SGS WAN port IP: 192.168.1.100
SGS LAN network address 192.168.2.0 (255.255.255.0)
SGS LAN IP: 192.168.2.1

Devices connected to SGS LAN ports e.g. 192.168.2.10, 192.168.2.11 etc.

Now I want to configure RIP 2 between these two routers but I can't get my head arround the settings they offer :confused:

Linksys:

Destination IP Address
Subnet Mask
Gateway
Hop Count


SGS:

Destination IP
Netmask
Gateway
Interface (option of WAN or LAN)
Metric


Can anyone help with this? :D
 
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On the Linksys you point it to the SGS, and on the SGS you point it to the Linksys?

Linksys:

Destination IP Address: 192.168.2.0
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.100
Hop Count: God knows. Leave blank? Or 1? :) As the 2 routers are only a hop away from each other.

SGS:

Destination IP: 192.168.1.0
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Interface (option of WAN or LAN): erm... pick one 50/50 :)
Metric: erm.. leave blank? Or 1? Is this similar to Hop Count maybe?

Don't blame me when it crashes and burns :)

I would suggest waiting for a wiser person to come along and help :)
 
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On the Linksys you point it to the SGS, and on the SGS you point it to the Linksys?

Linksys:

Destination IP Address: 192.168.2.0
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.100
Hop Count: God knows. Leave blank? Or 1? :) As the 2 routers are only a hop away from each other.

SGS:

Destination IP: 192.168.1.0
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Interface (option of WAN or LAN): erm... pick one 50/50 :)
Metric: erm.. leave blank? Or 1? Is this similar to Hop Count maybe?

Don't blame me when it crashes and burns :)

I would suggest waiting for a wiser person to come along and help :)

Correct - Metric/Hop count can be set to 1, typically though a directly connected network has an administrative distance of 0 from a routers perspective.

There is one error here though, the connection between the two devices needs to have a unique common subnet.

ie: 192.168.1.0 /24 --- 192.168.255.0 /30 --- 192.168.2.0 /24

For example on the Linksys configure a seperate interface with IP 192.168.255.1 /30 and on the Symantec GW another interface with IP 192.168.255.2 /30

The statics would look like this
Linksys:

Destination IP Address: 192.168.2.0
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.255.2
Hop Count: 1

SGS:

Destination IP: 192.168.1.0
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.255.1
Metric: 1
 
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