Configuring Rip Route Preference; Configuring Rip Route Default-Metric; Monitoring Rip - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch Router User's Reference Manual

Chapter 8: RIP Configuration Guide
Enable acceptance of RIP routes
that have a metric of zero.
Enable poison revers, as
specified by RFC 1058.

Configuring RIP Route Preference

You can set the preference of routes learned from RIP.
To configure RIP route preference, enter the following command in Configure mode.
Set the preference of routes learned from RIP.

Configuring RIP Route Default-Metric

You can define the metric used when advertising routes via RIP that were learned from
other protocols. The default value for this parameter is 16 (unreachable). To export routes
from other protocols into RIP, you must explicitly specify a value for the default-metric
parameter. The metric specified by the default-metric parameter may be overridden by a
metric specified in the export command.
To configure default-metric, enter the following command in Configure mode.
Define the metric used when advertising routes
via RIP that were learned from other protocols.
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Monitoring RIP

The rip trace command can be used to trace all rip request and response packets.
To monitor RIP information, enter the following commands in Enable mode.
Show all RIP information.
Show RIP export policies.
Show RIP global information.
Show RIP import policies.
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, you must specify a number between 1 and 16.
rip set check-zero-metric disable|enable
rip set poison-reverse disable|enable
rip set preference
rip set default-metric
rip show all
rip show export-policy
rip show globals
rip show import-policy
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