Chapter 4: RIP Configuration Guide

RIP Parameter

Default Value

 

 

Authentication

None

 

 

Update interval

30 seconds

 

 

To change RIP parameters, enter the following commands in Configure mode.

Set RIP Version on an interface

rip set interface <interfacename-or-IPaddr>all

to RIP V1.

version 1

 

 

Set RIP Version on an interface

rip set interface <interfacename-or-IPaddr>all

to RIP V2.

version 2

 

 

Specify that RIP V2 packets

rip set interface <interfacename-or-IPaddr>all

should be multicast on this

type multicast

interface.

 

 

 

Specify that RIP V2 packets that

rip set interface <interfacename-or-IPaddr>all

are RIP V1-compatible should

type broadcast

be broadcast on this interface.

 

 

 

Change the metric on incoming

rip set interface <interfacename-or-IPaddr>all

RIP routes.

metric-in <num>

 

 

Change the metric on outgoing

rip set interface <interfacename-or-IPaddr>all

RIP routes.

metric-out <num>

 

 

Set the authentication method

rip set interface <interfacename-or-IPaddr>all

to simple text up to 8

authentication-method simple

characters.

 

 

 

Set the authentication method

rip set interface <interfacename-or-IPaddr>all

to MD5.

authentication-method md5

 

 

Specify the metric to be used

rip set default-metric <num>

when advertising routes that

 

were learned from other

 

protocols.

 

 

 

Configure 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. rip set preference <num>

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