RIP configuration task list
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IPLink Software Configuration Guide
18 • RIP configuration
Setting the default route metric, which is a number, indicating the distance to the destination network ele-
ment, e.g. another router or IPLink in a network, is possible with the
rip default-route-value
command. The
value is between 1 and 15 for a valid route, or 16 for an unreachable route.
This procedure describes how to set the routing metric on an interface
Mode: Interface
Example:
Specifying the default route metric
The following example shows how to set the routing metric to 4 on IP interface wan on an IPLink.
IPLink(cfg)#context ip router
IPLink(ctx-ip)[router]#interface wan
IPLink(if-ip)[wan]#rip default-route-value 4
Enabling RIP split-horizon processing
Normally, routers that are connected to broadcast-type IP networks and that use distance-vector routing proto-
cols employ the split horizon mechanism to reduce the possibility of routing loops. Split horizon blocks infor-
mation about routes from being advertised by a router out of any interface from which that information
originated. This behavior usually optimizes communications among multiple routers, particularly when links
are broken. However, with non-broadcast networks (such as Frame Relay), situations can arise for which this
behavior is less than ideal. For these situations, you might want to disable split horizon for RIP.
This procedure describes how to enable split horizon on an interface
Mode: Interface
Example:
Enabling RIP split-horizon processing
The following example shows how to enable split horizon on IP interface wan on an IPLink.
IPLink(cfg)#context ip router
IPLink(ctx-ip)[router]#interface wan
IPLink(if-ip)[wan]#rip split-horizon
Enabling the poison reverse algorithm
Normally, RIP uses a technique called split horizon to avoid routing loops and allow smaller update packets.
This technique specifies that when the router sends a RIP update out a particular network interface, it should
never include routing information acquired over that same interface.
There is a variation of the split horizon technique called poison reverse which specifies that all routes should be
included in an update out a particular interface, but that the metric should be set to infinity for those routes
Step
Command
Purpose
1
node(if-ip)[
name
]#rip default-route-value
value
Sets the routing metric to
value
indicating the
distance to the destination on interface
name
Step
Command
Purpose
1
node(if-ip)[
name
]#rip split-horizon
Enables RIP split-horizon processing on interface
name