Riverstone Networks WICT1-12 Configuring RIP Route Preference

Riverstone Networks RS Switch Router User Guide Release 8.0 13-3
RIP Configuration Guide Configuring RIP Parameters
Configuring RIP Route Preference
You can set the preference of routes learned from RIP.
To configure RIP route preference, enter the following command in Configure mode.
Specify that RIP V2 packets that are
RIP V1-compatible should be
broadcast on this interface.
rip set interface <interfacename-or-IPaddr>|all
type broadcast
Change the metric on incoming RIP
routes. rip set interface <interfacename-or-IPaddr>|all
metric-in <num>
Change the metric on outgoing RIP
routes. rip set interface <interfacename-or-IPaddr>|all
metric-out <num>
Set the authentication method to
simple text up to 8 characters. rip set interface <interfacename-or-IPaddr>|all
authentication-method simple
Set the authentication method to
MD5. rip set interface <interfacename-or-IPaddr>|all
authentication-method md5
Specify the metric to be used when
advertising routes that were learned
from other protocols.
rip set default-metric <num>
Enable automatic summarization
and redistribution of RIP routes. rip set auto-summary disable|enable
Specify broadcast of RIP packets
regardless of number of interfaces
present.
rip set broadcast-state always|choose|never
Check that reserved fields in
incoming RIP V1 packets are zero. rip set check-zero disable|enable
Enable acceptance of RIP routes that
have a metric of zero. rip set check-zero-metric disable|enable
Enable poison revers, as specified
by RFC 1058. rip set poison-reverse disable|enable
Specify the maximum number of
RIP routes maintained in the routing
information base (RIB). The default
is 4.
rip set max-routes <number>
Disable multipath route calculation
for RIP routes. rip set multipsth off
Set the preference of routes learned from RIP. rip set preference <num>