Advantage and Disadvantage of RIP (Routing Information Protocol)

 

Should UPnP be enabled or not?

Should UPnP be enabled or disabled? You should disable UPnP to protect your security. Having UPnP enabled makes your network and the devices connected to it less safe, and could leave the door open to hackers. As discussed in the previous section, leaving UPnP on opens you up to online threats.

Advantage and Disadvantage of RIP (Routing Information Protocol)

on August 31, 2016

Advantage

The biggest advantage of RIP is that it is simple to configure and implement. Stability in the routing table. It is very easy to understand and configure. It is generally loop-free. Conserve bandwidth, smaller routing updates sent & received. Minimized routing table and then faster lookup.

Disadvantage

The main disadvantage of RIP is the inability to scale to large or very large networks. The maximum hop count used by RIP routers is 15. Does not support discontinuous networks. Another disadvantage of RIP is its high recovery time. It is slow convergence in larger networks.

Key benefits to IPv6 include:

• No more NAT (Network Address Translation)
• Auto-configuration.
• No more private address collisions.
• Better multicast routing.
• Simpler header format.
• Simplified, more efficient routing.
• True quality of service (QoS), also called "flow labeling"
• Built-in authentication and privacy support.

AP Isolation is used to protect the device against attacks from other device in the same network. With this function enabled, the device isolates all the connected clients within the same wireless network from each other, which enhances the network security of users.

What is the function of WDS in TP-Link?

A Wireless Distribution System (WDS) is a system that enables the wireless interconnection of access points in a wireless network. It allows a router's wireless network to be expanded using multiple access points without the need for a wire to connect them, as is traditionally required.

With WMM enabled, your TP-Link Wi-Fi 6 router always prioritizes multimedia traffic over other types of traffic. Airtime Fairness - when enabled, this feature sacrifices some of the networking time from your slower network devices, so that faster ones can receive better service.

Short Guard Interval

Short GI: disabled - Short Guard Interval decreases the time between data characters being sent wirelessly. In an optimal radio environment that could increase throughput but in less than optimal conditions it will instead lead to errors, retransmissions, instability and decreased performance.

Beacon Interval - Enter a value between 40-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The beacons are the packets sent by the router to synchronize a wireless network. The default value is 100.