DIGITAL GIGAswitch/Router User Reference Manual
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Configuring RIP
Configuring RIP Parameters
No further configuration is required, and the system default parameters will be used by
RIP to exchange routing information. These default parameters may be modified to suit
your needs by using the
rip set interface
command.
To change RIP parameters, enter the following commands in Configure mode.
RIP Parameter
Default Value
Version number
RIP v1
Check-zero for RIP reserved parameters
Enabled
Whether RIP packets should be broadcast
Choose
Preference for RIP routes
100
Metric for incoming routes
1
Metric for outgoing routes
0
Authentication None
Update interval
30 seconds
Set RIP Version on an interface
to RIP V1.
rip set interface
<interfacename-or-IPaddr>
|all
version 1
Set RIP Version on an interface
to RIP V2.
rip set interface
<interfacename-or-IPaddr>
|all
version 2
Specify that RIP V2 packets
should be multicast on this
interface.
rip set interface
<interfacename-or-IPaddr>
|all
type multicast
Specify that RIP V2 packets that
are RIP V1-compatible should
be broadcast on this interface.
rip set interface
<interfacename-or-IPaddr>
|all
type broadcast
Change the metric on incoming
RIP routes.
rip set interface
<interfacename-or-IPaddr>
|all
metric-in
<num>
Change the metric on outgoing
RIP routes.
rip set interface
<interfacename-or-IPaddr>
|all
metric-out
<num>
Set the authentication method
to simple text up to 8
characters.
rip set interface
<interfacename-or-IPaddr>
|all
authentication-method simple
Set the authentication method
to MD5.
rip set interface
<interfacename-or-IPaddr>
|all
authentication-method md5
