IP Configuration: RIPv2
Configuring RIP
Cisco 350, 350X and 550X Series Managed Switches, Firmware Release 2.4, ver 0.4
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Transparent
—Causes RIP to use the routing table metric as the RIP metric for the
propagated static route configuration. This results in the following behavior:
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If the metric value of a static route is equal to or less than 15, this value is used in
the RIP protocol when advertising this static route.
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If the metric value of a static route is greater than 15, the static route is not advertised
to other routers using RIP.
•
User Defined Metric
—Enter the value of the metric.
STEP 7
Click
Apply
. The settings are written to the Running Configuration file.
RIPv2 Settings
To configure RIP on an IP interface:
STEP 1
Click
IP Configuration
>
RIPv2 > RIPv2 Settings
.
STEP 2
RIP parameters are displayed per IP interface. To add a new IP interface, click
Add
and enter
the following fields:
•
IP Address
—Select an IP interface defined on the Layer 2 interface.
•
Shutdown
—Keep RIP configuration on the interface, but set the interface to inactive.
•
Passive
—Specifies whether sending RIP route update messages is allowed on the
specified IP interface. If this field is not enabled, RIP updates are not sent (passive).
•
Offset
—Specifies the metric number of the specified IP interface. This reflects the
additional cost of using this interface, based on the speed of the interface.
•
Default Route Advertisement
—This option is defined globally in the
page. You can use the global definition or define this field for the specific
interface. The following options are available:
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Global
—Use the global settings defined in the
RIPv2 Properties
. screen.
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Enable
—Advertise the default route on this RIP interface.
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Disable
—On this RIP interface, do not advertise the default route.
•
Default Route Advertisement Metric
—Enter the metric for the default route for this
interface.