IP Configuration: RIPv2
How RIP Operates on the Device
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• Default Metric 
Causes RIP to use the predefined default metric value for the propagated 
route configuration.
• Transparent (default)
Causes RIP to use the routing table metric as the RIP metric for the 
propagated route configuration. 
This results in the following behavior:
- If the metric value of a route is equal to or less than 15, this value is used 
in the RIP protocol when advertising this route.
- If the metric value of a static route is greater than 15, the route is not 
advertised to other routers using RIP.
• User Defined Metric 
Causes RIP to use the metric value entered by the user.