Chapter 4 Rip Configuration Guide; Rip Overview; Configure Rip; Enabling And Disabling Rip - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 8-slot User's Reference Manual

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Chapter 4 RIP Configuration Guide

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

SmartSwitch Router. RIP is a distance-vector routing protocol for use in small

networks. RIP is described in RFC 1723. A router running RIP broadcasts updates at

set intervals. Each update contains paired values where each pair consists of an IP

network address and an integer distance to that network. RIP uses a hop count metric

to measure the distance to a destination.

The SmartSwitch Router provides support for RIP Version 1 and 2. The SSR

implements plain text and MD5 authentication methods for RIP Version 2.

The protocol independent features that apply to RIP are described in the section "IP

Routing Configuration Guide" on page 3 - 1.

By default, RIP is disabled on the SSR and on each of the attached interfaces. To

configure RIP on the SSR, follow these steps:

Start the RIP process by using the rip start command.

Use the rip add interface command to inform RIP about the attached interfaces.

To enable or disable RIP, enter one of the following commands in Configure mode.

Enable RIP.

Disable RIP.

To configure RIP in the SSR, you must first add interfaces to inform RIP about

attached interfaces.

rip start

rip stop

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