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