6 managing routing information protocol (rip) – Fortinet MR1 User Manual

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8.2.3.6 Managing Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

Configuring RIP Global Configuration Page

Configurable Data

RIP Admin Mode - Select enable or disable from the pulldown menu. If you select enable RIP will be
enabled for the switch. The default is disabled.

Split Horizon Mode - Select none, simple or poison reverse from the pulldown menu. Split horizon is a
technique for avoiding problems caused by including routes in updates sent to the router from which the
route was originally learned. The options are:

None - no special processing for this case.

Simple - a route will not be included in updates sent to the router from which it was learned.

Poisoned reverse - a route will be included in updates sent to the router from which it was learned,
but the metric will be set to infinity.

The default is simple.

Auto Summary Mode - Select enable or disable from the pulldown menu. If you select enable groups of
adjacent routes will be summarized into single entries, in order to reduce the total number of entries. The
default is disabled.

Host Routes Select Mode - Select enable or disable from the pulldown menu. If you select enable the
router will be accept host routes. The default is enabled.

Default Information Originate - Enable or Disable Default Route Advertise.

Default Metric - Sets a default for the metric of redistributed routes.This field displays the default metric
if one has already been set or blank if not configured earlier. The valid values are (1 to 15)

Non-Configurable Data

Global Route Changes - The number of route changes made to the IP Route Database by RIP. This
does not include the refresh of a route's age.

Global queries - The number of responses sent to RIP queries from other systems.

Command Buttons

Submit - Send the updated configuration to the switch. Configuration changes take effect immediately.
These changes will not be retained across a power cycle unless a save is performed.

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