Re: How to disable "RIP Listener" in XP?

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From: Don (engguy58NOSPAM_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/02/04


Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 18:17:26 -0500

Thank you, Wes. That worked well.
Don
"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:fBfbc.59747$w54.379392@attbi_s01...
> Don;
>
> To disable RIP Listening
> You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the
Administrators
> group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected
to
> a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing
this
> procedure.
>
> Open Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.
> Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
> In Components, click Networking Services (but do not select its check
box),
> and then click Details.
> Unselect the RIP Listener check box, and then click OK.
> Click Next, and then follow the instructions in the wizard.
> Notes
> To open Add or Remove Programs, click Start, point to Settings, click
> Control Panel, and then double-click Add or Remove Programs.
> When you enable RIP Listening (also called silent RIP), your computer can
> learn other routes on the network by listening to RIP messages, and then
> adding their IP addresses to the route table. Thus, you do not need to
> manually add routes to the route table. This service can be useful in some
> dial-up network situations, such as when the computer is operating as a
> remote access client over a dial-up connection to a corporate network. In
> this example, Windows can listen and dynamically update its default route
> table to include additional routes valid for the corporate network. These
> additional routes can improve network access and performance over the
> dial-up connection by reducing the number of packets that are sent to the
> incorrect router.
> Microsoft Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) can be configured to
send
> out either RIPv1, RIPv2, or both types of packets. However, RIP listening
> only listens and updates route information sent by routers that use RIPv1.
> Certain Windows components require configuration before they can be used.
If
> you installed one or more of these components, but did not configure them,
> when you click Add/Remove Windows Components, a list of components that
need
> to be configured is displayed. To start the Windows Components Wizard,
click
> Components.
>
>
> Route Table on a Windows XP-Based Computer That Is Configured As a Remote
> Access Server Is Not Updated with New Route Information
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B811156
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
>
> In news:OojSusKGEHA.744@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
> Don <engguy58NOSPAM@hotmail.com> hunted and pecked:
> > I am using software called "VPN Contivity" to network my home WinXP
> > computer into work. When I first open the software, I get a warning
> > message:
> >
> > "RIP Listener enabled which may disconnect CVC Client sometime later.
> > Please disable RIP Listener to maintain tunnel connection."
> >
> > How do I disable the RIP Listener???
>



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