3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide
Chapter 18 RIP Configuration
18-11
Operation
Command
Enable the interface to send RIP update packet
rip output
Disable the interface to send RIP update packet
undo rip output
The
undo rip work
command and the
undo network
command have similar but not all
the same functions. Neither of the two commands configures an interface to receive or
send RIP route. The difference also exists. RIP still advertises the routes of the
interface applying the
undo rip work
command. However, other interfaces will not
forward the routes of the interface applying the
undo network
command. It seems that
the interface is removed.
In addition,
rip work
is functionally equivalent to both
rip input
and
rip output
commands.
By default, all interfaces except loopback interfaces both receive and transmit RIP
update packets.
18.2.15 Setting RIP-2 Packet Authentication
RIP-1 does not support packet authentication. But when the interface operates RIP-2,
the packet authentication can be configured.
RIP-2 supports two authentication modes: Simple authentication and MD5
authentication. MD5 authentication uses two packet formats: One follows RFC1723
and the other follows the RFC2082.
The simple authentication does not ensure security. The authentication key not
encrypted is sent together with the packet, so the simple authentication cannot be
applied to the case with high security requirements.
Perform the following configuration in Interface view:
Table 18-16
Set RIP-2 packet authentication
Operation
Command
Configure RIP-2 simple authentication
key
rip authentication-mode simple
password
-
string
Perform usual MD5 authentication on
RIP-2 packets
rip authentication-mode
md5
usual
key
-
string
Perform nonstandard-compatible MD5
authentication on RIP-2 packets
rip authentication-mode md5
nonstandard
key
-
string
key
-
id
Disable RIP-2 packet authentication
undo rip authentication-mode
Before configuring MD5 authentication, you must configure MD5 type. The
usual
packet format follows RFC1723 and the
nonstandard
follows RFC2082.