Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Switch/Router Viewing RIP Statistics and Errors

Viewing RIP Statistics and Errors
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Viewing RIP Statistics and Errors
The rips command is used to display RIP statistics and errors. This command displays cumula-
tive statistics since the last time the switch was powered on, or since the last reset of the
switch was executed.
To display information about RIP statistics and errors, enter the following command:
rips
A screen similar to the following displays:
RIP Statistics
Rtr (Group ID:VLAN ID 1:1) IP Address 198.206.182.115 RIP Mode silent
In 4769 Out 0
Transmit Error 0 Non-zero field 0
Bad Version 0 Bad Metric 0
Bad Family 0 Bad Size 0
Bad Address 0 Bad Command 0
The fields on this screen have the following meanings:
In/Out
The total number of RIP packets received and transmitted on a per-virtual-LAN basis.
Transmit Error
The total number of RIP packets that were unable to be sent.
Bad Version
The total number of RIP messages delivered to the switch that were not version 1.
Bad Family
The number of packets received on this VLAN whose family ID was not of the Internet family.
Bad Address
The number of received packets whose IP address was not a Class A, B, or C.
Non-zero Field
The number of received packets whose mandated “must-be-zero” fields were not zero.
Bad Metric
The number of received packets with a routing entry’s metric that was out of range.
Bad Size
The number of received packets that were not compatible with the expected size.
Bad Command
The number of received packets whose command field was not a “request” or “response.”