Cabletron Systems manual HSIM-W6 User’s Guide

Chapter 7: General Configuration Using Local Management

Enabling the RIP on a Port

IPX RIP (Routing Information Protocol) is a widely implemented routing protocol that is used extensively on IPX intermediations. IPX Routing Services uses the RIP to send and gather information about the inter-industry topology. This information is used to construct and maintain a database, called the RIP Route Table, containing the addresses and available routes to all the networks and hosts that RIP has learned.

Enabling the RIP allows IPX Routing Services to build and maintain a dynamic database of route information. The best routes learned by the RIP routing protocol are added to the IPX Forwarding Table to be used to forward IPX 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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