3Com S7902E, Configuration Manual

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Advertising a summary route
You can configure RIPv2 to advertise a summary route on the specified interface.
To do so, use the following commands:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view ––
Enter RIP view
rip [ process-id ]
[ vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name ]
––
Disable RIPv2 automatic route
summarization
undo summary
Required
Enabled by default
Return to system view quit —
Enter interface view
interface interface-type
interface-number
—
Advertise a summary route
rip summary-address
ip-address
{ mask |
mask-length }
Required
You need to disable RIPv2 route automatic summarization before advertising a summary route on an
interface.
Disabling Host Route Reception
Sometimes a router may receive from the same network many host routes, which are not helpful for
routing and consume a large amount of network resources. In this case, you can disable RIP from
receiving host routes to save network resources.
Follow these steps to disable RIP from receiving host routes:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Enter RIP view
rip [ process-id ]
[ vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name ]
—
Disable RIP from receiving host
routes
undo host-route
Required
Enabled by default
RIPv2 can be disabled from receiving host routes, but RIPv1 cannot.