Configuring RIP (NSM Procedure)
Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is an interior gateway
protocol (IGP) typically used in small, homogeneous networks. RIP
uses distance-vector routing to route information through IP networks.
Distance-vector routing requires that each device simply informs its
neighbors of its routing table. For each network path, the receiving
device picks the neighbor advertising the lowest metric, then adds
this entry into its routing table for readvertisement. Any host that
uses RIP is assumed to have interfaces to one or more networks. These
networks are considered to be directly connected networks. RIP relies
on access to certain information about each of these networks. The
most important information is the network's metric. RIP uses the hop
count as the metric (also known as cost) to compare the value of different
routes. The hop count is the number of devices that data packets must
traverse between RIP networks.
To configure RIP in NSM:
- In the navigation tree select Device Manager
> Devices .
- In the Devices list, double click the
device to select it.
- Click the Configuration tab.
- In the configuration tree, expand Protocols and select Rip.
- Add/Modify the parameters under the respective
tabs as specified in Table 1.
- Click one:
- OK—To save the changes.
- Cancel—To cancel the modifications.
- Apply — To apply the protocol settings.
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Note:
After you make changes to a device configuration, you
must push that updated device configuration to the physical security
device for those changes to take effect. You can update multiple devices
at one time. See Updating Devices for more information.
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Table 1: RIP
Configuration Fields
Option
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Function
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Your Action
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RIP
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Comment
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Specifies the comment for RIP.
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- Enter the comment.
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Metric In
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Specifies the metric to add to incoming routes when advertising
into RIP routes that were learned from other protocols.
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- Specify the metric to add incoming routes.
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Message Size
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Specifies the number of route entries to be included
in every RIP update message.
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- Enter the message size or select from the list.
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Hold Down
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Time period the expired route is retained in the routing
table before being removed.
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- Enter the hold down value or select from the
list.
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Route Timeout
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Specifies the route timeout interval for RIP.
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- Enter the route timeout or select from the
list.
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Update Interval
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Enables you to configure an update time interval to periodically
send out routes learned by RIP to neighbors.
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- Enter the update interval or select from the
list.
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Authentication Type
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The type of authentication for RIP route queries received
on an interface.
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- Select authentication type from the list.
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Authentication Key
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Authentication key for RIP route queries received on
an interface.
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- Enter the authentication key.
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Graceful Restart
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Enables you to specify the graceful restart parameters
for RIP.
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- Expand the RIP tree and select Graceful Restart.
- Enable the feature and set up the graceful restart
parameters.
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Group
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RIP neighbors that share an export policy and metric.
The export policy and metric govern what routes to advertise to neighbors
in a given group.
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- Expand the RIP tree and select Group.
- Click the New button or select a group and click
Edit button.
- Set up the Bfd Liveness Detection , Export, Import
and Neighbor for RIP.
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Import
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Enables you to specify the import policies to be configured
on the peer.
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- Expand the RIP tree and select Import.
- Specify the import policies.
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Receive
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Enables you to configure RIP receive options.
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- Expand the RIP tree and select Receive.
- Specify the receive options.
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RIB Group
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The routing table group.
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- Expand the RIP tree and select Rib Group.
- Specify the comment and ribgroup name.
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Send
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Enables you to configure RIP send options.
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- Expand the RIP tree and select Send.
- Specify the send options.
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Traceoptions
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Enables you to configure RIP protocol level tracing options.
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- Expand the RIP tree and select Traceoptions.
- Expand the Traceoptions tree and set up
the file and flag parameters.
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Published: 2009-08-23
