RIP Configuration Guidelines

To configure RIP, you include statements at the [edit protocols rip] hierarchy level of the configuration. You can include the following statements in the configuration:

 protocols {
 	 rip {
 	 	 authentication-key password;
 	 	 authentication-type type;
 	 	 (check-zero | no-check-zero);
 	 	 import [ policy-names ];
 	 	 message-size number;
 	 	 metric-in metric;
 	 	 receive receive-options;
 	 	 send send-options;
 	 	 traceoptions {
 	 	 	 file name <replace> <size size> <files number> <no-stamp> 
 	 	 	 	 <(world-readable | no-world-readable)>;
 	 	 	 flag flag <flag-modifier> <disable>; 
 	 	 }
 	 	 group group-name {
 	 	 	 export [ policy-names ]; 
 	 	 	 metric-out metric
 	 	 	 preference number;
 	 	 	 neighbor neighbor-name { 
 	 	 	 	 authentication-key password;
 	 	 	 	 authentication-type type;
 	 	 	 	 import [ policy-names ]; 
 	 	 	 	 message-size number;
 	 	 	 	 metric-in metric;
 	 	 	 	 receive receive-options;
 	 	 	 	 send send-options;
 	 	 	 }
 	 	 }
 	 }
 } 
 

By default, RIP is disabled.

To have a router exchange routes with other routers, you must configure RIP groups and neighbors. RIP routes received from routers not configured as RIP neighbors are ignored. Likewise, RIP routes are advertised only to routers configured as RIP neighbors.

This chapter discusses the following topics that provide information for configuring RIP:

• Minimum RIP Configuration
• Define RIP Global Properties
• Define RIP Neighbor Properties
• Configure Authentication
• Modify the Incoming Metric
• Configure the Number of Route Entries in an Update Message
• Accept Packets Whose Reserved Fields Are Nonzero
• Configure Update Messages
• Apply Import Policy
• Configure Group-Specific Properties
• Trace RIP Protocol Traffic

For a configuration example, see Example: Configure RIP.