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| Most client computers just have one network connection; usually, only servers are multihomed |
| (which means having more than one network interface). In most cases, a computer also only has |
| one gateway, which is the IP address of the computer or router that routes traffic to the next |
| network segment and ultimately to the Internet. If a company has more than one connection to the |
| Internet, it's common to assign more than one gateway to a client computer so it can still connect to |
| the Internet (or other network segments) if one of the gateways goes belly-up. |
| A Windows 2000 computer builds a routing table when it boots and uses that routing table to |
| determine how to route outgoing traffic. When you have more than one gateway, the computer |
| might not use the most current routes. Therefore, try to route traffic through a gateway that is |
| down or through a route that is less efficient than another. You can use the RIP Listener service to |
| enable the computer to adjust to routing changes. |
| The RIP Listener service lets the computer listen for RIP announcements from routers and modify |
| its routing table accordingly. So, if a route changes because one or more routers or segments is |
| down or the cost changes for a route, the Windows 2000 client can adjust accordingly. |
| In order to use the RIP Listener service, your adjacent routers must support the RIP v1 protocol. |
| The RIP Listener service can also listen for RIP v2 announcements that are sent as subnet-level |
| broadcasts, but it doesn't receive RIP v2 multicast announcements. You'll find the RIP Listener |
| service in the Networking Services item under Add/Remove Windows Components, which you |
| access from Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. |
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