Routing

number of hops between the source and the destination. RIP regularly broadcasts routing information to other devices on the network.

CAUTION When RIP is enabled, the device automatically re-distributes any static routes configured on the device into RIP. If you do not want to re-distribute some static routes, configure those with a metric of 15. The other peer routers will receive these routes, increment the metric by one (to 16). RIP routes with a metric of 16 are considered unreachable and will be discarded by the peer router.

You can manage and configure RIP routing from the RIP Setup page (Network > Configuration > RIP). From this page you can:

•View the current RIP configuration for the device and the current state of RIP for each IP interface.

•Enable RIP globally on the device and set the routing timer.

•Edit the RIP configuration for an IP interface.

This following figure shows the RIP Setup page:

Figure 6–11: Network Configuration: RIP Setup Page

On the RIP Setup page, the Interfaces Setup table lists the existing interfaces on the device, and provides the following information about the RIP configuration on each interface:

Column

Description

 

 

State

Whether RIP is enabled or disabled on the interface. Generally, RIP should

 

not be enabled on the external interface.

 

 

Send Mode

The mode used for broadcasting the routing information, either v1, v2

 

Broadcast, v2 Multicast or Disabled

 

 

Receive Mode

The mode used for receiving the routing information, either v1 only, v2 only,

 

v1 or v2 or Disabled

 

 

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