Foundry Networks Switch and Router User Manual

Configuring RIP
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RIP Interface Parameters
Table 16.2 lists the interface-level RIP parameters and their default values, and indicates where you can find
configuration information.
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Configuring RIP Parameters
Use the following procedures to configure RIP parameters on a system-wide and individual interface basis.
Enabling RIP
RIP is disabled by default. To enable it, use one of the following methods. When you enable RIP, the default RIP
version is RIPv2. You can change the RIP version on an individual port basis to RIPv1 or RIPv1 with RIPv2
compatibility if needed.
USING THE CLI
To enable RIP on a router, enter the following commands:
BigIron(config)# router rip
BigIron(config-rip-router)# exit
Table 16.2: RIP Interface Parameters
Parameter Description Default See page...
RIP version The version of the protocol that is supported on the
interface. The version can be one of the following:
• Version 1 only
• Version 2 only
• Version 1, but also compatible with version 2
Version 2 only 16-4
Metric A numeric cost the router adds to RIP routes learned
on the interface. This parameter applies only to RIP
routes.
1 (one) 16-5
Advertising and
learning of
default routes
Locally overrides the global setting. See Table 16.1
on page 16-2.
Disabled 16-10
Loop prevention The method a router uses to prevent routing loops
caused by advertising a route on the same interface
as the one on which the router learned the route.
• Split horizon – The router does not advertise a
route on the same interface as the one on which
the router learned the route.
• Poison reverse – The router assigns a cost of 16
(“infinite” or “unreachable”) to a route before
advertising it on the same interface as the one on
which the router learned the route.
Split horizon
Note: Enabling poison
reverse disables split
horizon on the
interface.
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Advertising and
learning specific
routes
You can control the routes that a Layer 3 Switch
learns or advertises.
The Layer 3 Switch
learns and advertises
all RIP routes on all
interfaces.
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