Cabletron Systems HSIM-W6 manual Enabling the RIP on a Port

Chapter 7: General Configuration Using Local Management

Enabling the RIP on a Port

Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a widely implemented routing protocol that is used extensively on IP internetworks. IP Routing Services uses the RIP to send and gather information about the internetwork topology. This information is used to construct and maintain a database called RIP Route Table, which contains the addresses of the available routes to all the networks and hosts that RIP has learned.

Enabling the RIP allows IP Routing Services to build and maintain a dynamic database of route information. The best routes learned by the RIP are added to the IP Forwarding Table to forward IP packets.The ability to switch the RIP on and off on a port-by-port basis provides great flexibility. On the same device, some router ports can be running the RIP while other router ports are not. If necessary, you can temporarily disable the RIP on any port without affecting the rest of your configuration.

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