3Com SuperStack 4 Configuration Manual page 109

By default, RIP is not enabled.
Enabling RIP on a Specified Network
For flexible control of RIP operation, you can specify the interface and configure
the network on which the interface is located to the RIP network, so that these
interfaces can send and receive RIP packets.
Perform the following configurations in RIP View.
Table 113 Enabling RIP Interface
Operation
Enable RIP on the specified network network
Disable RIP on the specified
network
After the RIP interface is enabled, you should also specify its operating network
segment, because RIP only operates on the interface when the network segment
has been specified. RIP does not receive or send routes for an interface that is not
on the specified network, and does not forward its interface route.
When the command is used for an address, the effect is to enable the
network
interface of the network with this address. For example, for network 129.102.1.1,
you can see network 129.102.0.0 either using the
current-configuration
By default, RIP is disabled on all interfaces.
Configuring Unicast RIP Messages
RIP is a broadcast protocol. To exchange routing information with a non-broadcast
network, unicast transmission mode must be used.
Perform the following configuration in the RIP View.
Table 114 Configuring unicast RIP messages
Operation
Configure unicast RIP message
Cancel unicast RIP message
By default, RIP does not send messages to unicast addresses.
3Com does not recommend the use of this command, because the destination
address does not need to receive two copies of the same message at the same
time. Note that should be restricted using the following commands:
peer
, ,
work rip output rip input
Specifying the RIP Version
RIP has two versions, RIP-1 and RIP-2. You can specify the version of the RIP packet
used by the interface.
RIP-1 broadcasts the packets. RIP-2 can transmit packets by both broadcast and
multicast. By default, multicast is adopted for transmitting packets. In RIP-2, the
default multicast address is 224.0.0.9. The advantage of transmitting packets in
Command
network_address
undo network
command, or using the
Command
ip_address
peer
ip_address
undo peer
and .
network
network_address
display
command.
display rip
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rip