RIP Configuration Task List
Complete the following tasks to configure RIP:
Configuring Basic
RIP Functions
Configuring RIP
Route Control
RIP Network
Adjustment and
Optimization
Basic RIP Configuration
Configuration Prerequisites
Before configuring basic RIP functions, perform the following tasks:
Configuring the link layer protocol
Configuring the network layer addresses of interfaces so that adjacent nodes are reachable to
each other at the network layer
Configuring Basic RIP Functions
Enabling RIP on the interfaces attached to a specified network segment
Follow these steps to enable RIP on the interfaces attached to a specified network segment:
Enter system view
Enable RIP and enter RIP view
Enable RIP on the specified interface
Task
Enabling RIP on the interfaces attached to a specified
network segment
Setting the RIP operating status on an interface
Specifying the RIP version on an interface
Setting the additional routing metrics of an interface
Configuring RIP route summarization
Disabling the router from receiving host routes
Configuring RIP to filter incoming/outgoing routes
Setting RIP preference
Configuring RIP to redistribute routes from another
protocol
Configuring RIP timers
Configuring split horizon
Configuring RIP-1 packet zero field check
Setting RIP-2 packet authentication mode
Configuring RIP to unicast RIP packets
To do...
Use the command...
system-view
rip
network network-address
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