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Enabling Authentication with MD5 Authentication

To configure authentication that requires an MD5 password to be included in the transmitted packet, enable MD5 authentication by performing these steps on all RIP Services Routers in the network:

  1. Navigate to the top of the configuration hierarchy in either the J-Web or CLI configuration editor.
  2. Perform the configuration tasks described in Table 130.
  3. If you are finished configuring the router, commit the configuration.
  4. To check the configuration, see Verifying the RIP Configuration.

Table 130: Configuring MD5 RIP Authentication

Task

J-Web Configuration Editor

CLI Configuration Editor

Navigate to Rip level in the configuration hierarchy.
  1. In the J-Web interface, select Configuration>View and Edit>Edit Configuration.
  2. Next to Protocols, click Edit.
  3. Next to Rip, click Edit.

From the [edit] hierarchy level, enter

edit protocols rip

Set the authentication type to MD5.

From the Authentication type list, select md5.

Set the authentication type to md5:

set authentication-type md5

Set the MD5 authentication key (password).

The key can be from 1 through 16 contiguous characters long and can include any ASCII strings.

In the Authentication key box, type an MD5 authentication key, and click OK.

Set the MD5 authentication key:

set authentication-key password

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