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Operation Manual – Routing Protocol
Quidway S5600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510
Chapter 3 RIP Configuration
Huawei Technologies Proprietary
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Configuring the network layer addresses of interfaces so that adjacent nodes are
reachable to each other at the network layer
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Configuring basic RIP functions
3.5.2 Configuration Tasks
I. Configuring RIP timers
Table 3-12
Configure RIP timers
Operation
Command
Description
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter RIP view
rip
—
Set the values of RIP
timers
timers
{
update
update-timer
|
timeout
timeout-timer
} *
Optional
By default, Update timer
value is 30 seconds and
Timeout timer value is
180 seconds.
Note:
When configuring the values of RIP timers, you should take network performance into
consideration and perform consistent configuration on all routers running RIP to avoid
unnecessary network traffic and network route oscillation.
II. Configuring split horizon
Table 3-13
Configure split horizon
Operation
Command
Description
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter interface view
interface
interface-type
interface-number
—
Enable split horizon
rip split-horizon
Optional
By default, an interface uses
split horizon to send RIP
packets.
Note:
Split horizon cannot be disabled on a point-to-point link.