Enabling RIP

© 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
© 2002, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Enabling RIP
Objectives
Upon completing this lesson, you will be able to:
Describe the features and operation of RIP
Use Cisco IOS commands to configure dynamic routing using RIP, given a functioning router
Use show and debug commands to identify anomalies in dynamic routing operation using RIP, given an operational router
Maximum is 6 paths (default = 4)
Hop-count metric selects the path
Routes update every 30 seconds
RIP Overview
Router configuration
Select routing protocols.
Specify networks or interfaces.
IP Routing
Configuration Tasks
Defines an IP routing protocol
Router(config)#router protocol [keyword]
Mandatory configuration command for each
IP routing process
Identifies the physically connected network that routing updates are forwarded to
Router(config-router)#network network-number
Dynamic Routing Configuration
Starts the RIP routing process
Router(config)#router rip
Router(config-router)#network network-number
Selects participating attached networks
Requires a major classful network number
RIP Configuration
RIP Configuration Example
Verifying the RIP Configuration
Displaying the
IP Routing Table
debug ip rip Command
Summary
RIP is a distance vector routing protocol that uses hop count as the metric for route selection and broadcasts routing updates every 30 seconds.
To enable a dynamic routing protocol, you will select the routing protocol and then assign IP network numbers.
The router rip command specifies RIP as the routing protocol. The network command identifies a participating attached network.
The show ip commands display information about routing protocols and the routing table.
Use the debug ip rip command to display information on RIP routing transactions.