Chapter 50
| IP Routing Commands
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
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Example
This example redistributes routes learned from OSPF and sets the metric for all
external routes imported from OSPF to a value of 3.
Console(config-router)#redistribute ospf metric 3
Console(config-router)#
This example redistributes static routes and sets the metric for all of these routes to
a value of 3.
Console(config-router)#redistribute static metric 3
Console(config-router)#
Related Commands
default-metric (986)
timers basic This command configures the RIP update timer, timeout timer, and garbage-
collection timer. Use the no form to restore the defaults.
Syntax
timers basic update timeout garbage
no timers basic
update – Sets the update timer to the specified value.
(Range: 5-2147483647 seconds)
timeout – Sets the timeout timer to the specified value. (Range: 90-360
seconds)
garbage – Sets the garbage collection timer to the specified value.
(Range: 60-240 seconds)
Default Setting
Update: 30 seconds
Timeout: 180 seconds
Garbage collection: 120 seconds
Command Mode
Router Configuration
Command Usage
â—† The update timer sets the rate at which updates are sent. This is the
fundamental timer used to control all basic RIP processes.
â—† The timeout timer is the time after which there have been no update messages
that a route is declared dead. The route is marked inaccessible (i.e., the metric