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Configuring a Basic RIP Network (Required)

To use RIP on the Services Router, you must configure RIP on all the RIP interfaces within a network like the one shown in Figure 55.

Figure 55: Typical RIP Network Topology

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By default, RIP does not advertise the subnets that are directly connected through the Services Router's interfaces. For traffic to pass through a RIP network, you must create a routing policy to export these routes. Advertising only the direct routes propagates the routes to the immediately adjacent RIP-enabled router only. To propagate all routes through the entire RIP network, you must configure the routing policy to export the routes learned through RIP.

To configure a RIP network like the one in Figure 55, with a routing policy, perform these steps on each Services Router in the network:

  1. Navigate to the top of the configuration hierarchy in either the J-Web or CLI configuration editor.
  2. Perform the configuration tasks described in Table 61.
  3. If you are finished configuring the router, commit the configuration.

    After you add the appropriate interfaces to the RIP group, RIP begins sending routing information. No additional configuration is required to enable RIP traffic on the network.

  4. Go on to one of the following procedures:

Table 61: Configuring a RIP Network

Navigate to the Rip level in the configuration hierarchy.

In the configuration editor hierarchy, select Protocols>Rip.

From the top of the configuration hierarchy, enter

edit protocols rip

Create the RIP group alpha1.
  1. In the Group field, click Add new entry.
  2. In the Group name box, type alpha1.
  1. Create the RIP group alpha1, and add an interface:

    set group alpha1 neighbor fe-0/0/0.0

  2. Repeat Step 1 for each interface on this Services Router that you are adding to the RIP group. Only one interface is required.

Add interfaces to the RIP group alpha1.
  1. In the Neighbor field, click Add new entry.
  2. In the Neighbor name box, type the name of an interface on the Services Router—for example, fe-0/0/0.0—and click OK.
  3. Repeat Step 2 for each interface on this Services Router that you are adding to the RIP group. Only one interface is required.

Configure a routing policy to advertise directly connected routes.

  1. In the configuration editor hierarchy, select Policy Options.
  2. Next to Policy statement, click Add new entry.
  3. In the Policy name box, type the name of the policy statement—for example, advertise-rip-routes.
  4. Next to Term, click Add new entry.
  5. In the Term name box, type the name of the policy statement—for example, from-direct.
  6. Next to From, click Configure.
  7. Next to Protocol, click Add new entry.
  8. From the Value list, select Direct.
  9. Click OK until you return to the Policy statement page.
  10. Next to Then, click Configure.
  11. From the Accept reject list, select Accept.
  12. Click OK.
  1. From the top of the configuration hierarchy, enter

    edit policy-options

  2. Set the match condition to match on direct routes:

    set policy-statement advertise-rip-routes term from-direct from protocol direct

  3. Set the match action to accept these routes:

    set policy-statement advertise-rip-routes term from-direct then accept

Configure the previous routing policy to advertise routes learned from RIP.
  1. In the configuration editor hierarchy, select Policy Options.
  2. Next to Policy statement, click advertise-rip-routes.
  3. Next to Term, click Add new entry.
  4. In the Term name box, type the name of the policy statement—for example, from-rip.
  5. Next to From, click Configure.
  6. Next to Protocol, click Add new entry.
  7. From the Value list, select rip.
  8. Click OK until you return to the Policy statement page.
  9. Next to Then, click Configure.
  10. From the Accept reject list, select Accept.
  11. Click OK.
  1. From the top of the configuration hierarchy, enter

    edit policy-options

  2. Set the match condition to match on direct routes:

    set policy-statement advertise-rip-routes term from-rip from protocol rip

  3. Set the match action to accept these routes:

    set policy-statement advertise-rip-routes term from-rip then accept

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