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Configuring RIP 95
■ You cannot configure the next hop of a static route as the address of an
interface on the local switch.
■ You can configure different preferences or an identical preference for routes to
the same destination for route backup or load sharing.
■ The default route has both the destination and mask configured as 0.0.0.0. If
the destination IP address of a packet does not match any entry in the routing
table, the router will select the default route to forward the packet
Configuring RIP RIP is a Distance-Vector (D-V) routing protocol. It advertises routing information in
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) datagrams.
RIP uses a hop count, or a routing cost, as the metric to a destination. The hop
count from a router to a directly connected network is 0, and that to a network
which can be reached through another router is 1, and so on. To restrict the
convergence time, RIP prescribes that a cost is an integer ranging from 0 and 15. A
hop count equal to or exceeding 16 is defined as infinite; that is, the destination
network or the host is unreachable. To improve performance and avoid routing
loops, RIP supports split horizon. Besides, RIP can redistribute routes from other
routing protocols.
Network Diagram
Figure 27 Network diagram for RIP configuration
Networking and
Configuration
Requirements
A small company requires a small office network where any two nodes can
communicate with each other, and the network devices can automatically adapt
to topology changes.
In this case, RIPv2 can enable communication between any two nodes on the
network.
Applicable Products
Device Interface IP address Device Interface IP address
Switch A Vlan-int1 110.11.2.1/24 Switch B Vlan-int1 110.11.2.2/24
Vlan-int2 155.10.1.1/24 Vlan-int3 196.38.165.1/24
Switch C Vlan-int1 110.11.2.3/24
Vlan-int4 117.102.0.1/16
Switch A
Switch B
Switch C
Vlan-int 2
Ethernet
Vlan-int 4 Vlan-int 3
Vlan-int 1
Product series Software version Hardware version
Switch 5500 Release V03.02.04 All versions