Operation Manual – Routing Protocol
H3C S5600 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 3 RIP Configuration
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To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter interface view
interface
interface-type
interface-number
—
Set the additional routing
metric to be added for incoming
RIP routes on this interface
rip metricin value
Optional
0 by default
Set the additional routing
metric to be added for outgoing
RIP routes on this interface
rip metricout value
Optional
1 by default
Note:
The
rip metricout
command takes effect only on the RIP routes learnt by the router
and the RIP routes generated by the router itself, but the command is invalid for any
route imported to RIP from other routing protocols.
II. Configuring RIP route summarization
Rip route summarization means that when the router advertises RIP updates,
different subnet routes in the same natural network segment can be aggregated into
one route with a natural mask for transmission to another network segment. This
function is used to reduce the routing traffic on the network as well as the size of the
routing table.
When it is necessary to advertise RIP route updates in a subnet, disable the route
summarization for RIP-2.
Follow these steps to configure RIP route summarization:
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter RIP view
rip
—
Enable RIP-2 automatic
route summarization
summary
Required
Enabled by default
III. Disabling the router from receiving host routes
In some special cases, the router can receive a lot of host routes from the same
segment, and these routes are of little help in route addressing but consume a lot of
network resources. After a router is disabled from receiving host routes, it can refuse
any incoming host route.