Inalp Networks SmartWare Release 2.10, Software Configuration Manual

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Software Configuration Guide Release 2.10, Revision 1.00
which is typically 1. When a SmartNode receives a routing update that contains a new or changed
Mode
Interface
Command Purpose
Step 1 node (if-ip)[ name ]#rip
announce {default | host | self-
as-default | static}
Selects the RIP announcing method on interface
name
Example: Enabling RIP Announcing
The following example shows how to enable the RIP default routes and IP host routes RIP
announcing method on IP interface
wan on a SmartNode.
SN(cfg)# context ip router
SN(ctx-ip)[router]# interface wan
SN(if-ip)[wan]# rip announce default
SN(if-ip)[wan]# rip announce host
18.11 Enabling RIP Auto Summarization
Summarizing routes in RIP Version 2 improves scalability and efficiency in large networks.
Auto-summarization attempts to automatically summarize groups of adjacent routes into single
entries, the goal being to reduce the total number of entries in the RIP routing table, reducing the size
of the table and allowing the router to handle more routes.
RIP auto-summarization (automatic network number summarization) is disabled by default. With
auto-summarization, the SmartNode summarizes sub prefixes to the Class A, Class B, and Class C
network boundary when class network boundaries are crossed.
Procedure
To enable RIP auto-summarization on an interface
Mode
Interface
Command Purpose
Step 1 node (if-ip)[ name ]#rip auto-
summary
Enables RIP auto-summarization on interface
name
Example: Enabling RIP Auto Summarization
The following example shows how to enable auto-summarization on IP interface wan on a
SmartNode.
SN(cfg)# context ip router
SN(ctx-ip)[router]# interface wan
SN(if-ip)[wan]# rip auto-summary
18.12 Specifying The Default Route Metric
RIP uses a single routing metric (hop count) to measure the distance between the source and a
destination network. Each hop in a path from source to destination is assigned a hop-count value,