Configuring Rip; Rip Overview; How Does Rip Determine Route Information - Dell M6220 User Configuration Manual

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Configuring RIP

This chapter describes how to configure Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

on the switch. RIP is a dynamic routing protocol for IPv4 networks.

The topics covered in this chapter include:

Default RIP Values

Configuring RIP Features (Web)

Configuring RIP Features (CLI)

RIP Configuration Example

RIP Overview

RIP is an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) that performs dynamic routing

within a network. PowerConnect M6220, M6348, M8024, and M8024-k

switches support two dynamic routing protocols: OSPF and Routing

Information Protocol (RIP).

Unlike OSPF, RIP is a distance-vector protocol and uses UDP broadcasts to

maintain topology information and hop counts to determine the best route to

transmit IP traffic. RIP is best suited for small, homogenous networks.

The routing information is propagated in RIP update packets that are sent

out both periodically and in the event of a network topology change. On

receipt of a RIP update, depending on whether the specified route exists or

does not exist in the route table, the router may modify, delete or add the

route to its route table.

RIP uses hop count, which is the number of routers an IP packet must pass

through, to calculate the best route for a packet. A route with a low hop count

is preferred over a route with a higher hop count. A directly-connected route

Configuring RIP

M8024 M6348 M8024-k