Cisco Systems 78-11741-02 manual RIP Configuration Task List, Enabling RIP, IPC-200

Configuring Routing Information Protocol

RIP Configuration Task List

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RIP Configuration Task List

To configure RIP, perform the tasks described in the following sections. The tasks in the first two sections are required; the tasks in the remaining sections are optional.

•Enabling RIP (Required)

•Allowing Unicast Updates for RIP (Required)

•Applying Offsets to Routing Metrics (Optional)

•Adjusting Timers (Optional)

•Specifying a RIP Version (Optional)

•Enabling RIP Authentication (Optional)

•Configuring Route Summarization on an Interface (Optional)

•Verifying IP Route Summarization (Optional)

•Disabling Automatic Route Summarization (Optional)

•Running IGRP and RIP Concurrently (Optional)

•Disabling the Validation of Source IP Addresses (Optional)

•Enabling or Disabling Split Horizon (Optional)

•Configuring Interpacket Delay (Optional)

•Connecting RIP to a WAN (Optional)

For information about the following topics, see the “Configuring IP Routing Protocol-Independent Features” chapter:

•Filtering RIP information

•Key management (available in RIP Version 2)

•VLSM

Enabling RIP

To enable RIP, use the following commands beginning in global configuration mode:

	Command	Purpose
Step 1
	Router(config)# router rip	Enables a RIP routing process, which places you in
		router configuration mode.
Step 2
	Router(config-router)# network ip-address	Associates a network with a RIP routing process.

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide

IPC-200