Cisco 500 Series Administration Guide

IP Configuration: RIPv2
How Rip Operates on the Device
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It is your responsibility to set the offset for each interface (1 by default).
The following illustrates the configuration of the metric offset for various
interfaces, based on port speed.
Configuring the Offset (Based on Port Speed)
Router rD can send data to rA via rB or rC. Since rC only supports Fast Ethernet
(FE) ports, and rB supports Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports, the path cost from router
rD to router rA is higher via router rC (additional 4 to the cost path) as opposed to
the path via router rB (additional 2 to the cost path), Therefore, forwarding traffic
via routing rB is preferred. To achieve this, you configure a different offset (metric
value) on each interface based on its line speed.
See Offset Configuration for more information.
Passive Mode
Transmission of routing update messages over a specific IP interface can be
disabled. In this case, the router is passive, and only receives the updated RIP
information on this interface. By default, transmission of routing updates on an IP
interface is enabled.

Cisco 500 Series Specifications

General

Model	Cisco 500 Series
Category	Switch
Mounting	Rack-mountable
Management	Web-based, CLI, SNMP
Ports	24, 48
Port Speed	10/100/1000 Mbps
PoE Support	Available on some models
Switching Capacity	Up to 176 Gbps
MAC Address Table Size	16, 000 entries
Security	ACLs, 802.1X
Quality of Service (QoS)	Yes
Dimensions	Varies by model
Weight	Varies by model
Humidity	10% to 90% non-condensing
Power Supply	Internal
Power Consumption	Varies by model
Jumbo Frame Support	Up to 9216 bytes