3Com Switch 7754, Configuration Manual

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HAPTER
33: RIP C
ONFIGURATION
Simple authentication cannot provide complete security, because the
authentication keys sent along with packets are not unencrypted. Therefore,
simple authentication cannot be applied where high security is required.
Configuring a RIP neighbor
Displaying and
Maintaining RIP
Configuration
After the above configuration, you can use the display command in any view to
display the running status of RIP and verify the RIP configuration. You can use the
reset command in RIP view to reset the system configuration related to RIP.
Table 227 Set RIP-2 packet authentication mode
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -
Enter interface view interface interface-type
interface-number
-
Set RIP-2 packet
authentication mode rip
authentication-mode
{ simple
password | md5 { rfc2453
key-string | rfc2082 key-string
key-id } }
Required
If you specify to use MD5
authentication, you must
specify one of the following
MD5 authentication types:
rfc2453 (this type supports
the packet format defined
in RFC 2453)
rfc2082 (this type supports
the packet format defined
in RFC 2082)
Table 228 Configure a RIP neighbor
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -
Enter RIP view rip -
Configure a RIP neighbor peer ip-address Required
To make RIP works on a link
that does not support
broadcast/multicast packets,
you must manually configure
the RIP neighbor.
Normally, RIP uses broadcast
or multicast addresses to send
packets.
Table 229 Display and maintain RIP configuration
Operation Command Description
Display the current RIP running
status and configuration information display rip You can execute the
display command in any
view.
Display RIP routing information display rip routing
Reset the system configuration
related to RIP reset Use this command in RIP
view.