Cabletron Systems HSIM-W6 Enabling the RIP on a Port

Chapter 7: General Configuration Using Local Management
HSIM-W6 User’s Guide 151
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.