Re: Default Route: Broadcast on or off

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Thu, 29 May 1997 17:41:14 -0600 (MDT)

Broadcast/listen of routing applys to RIPv1 routing. You most likely
won't need to use RIP, but if you do you can. You should have it off on
your users. It is best to use OSPF for dynamic routing (instead of RIP),
but you can get by fine with static routes.

On Thu, 29 May 1997, Todd Knaus wrote:

> I am configuring a new PM3 and have Broadcast turned on in the global
> setup. My question is, if I have Broadcast on for the PM3 do I need it
> on for the individual PPP users as well ? If I do have it on for both
> am I creating way to much traffic/collisions/etc. ?
>
> Am I better off having one or the other on ? or dosen't it matter ?
>
> FYI, the basic task of the PM3 is a RAS server. It has 2 PRI's and is
> fully loaded but does not act as a router so my assumption would be that
> I do not need to broadcast any addresses from the PM3.