Ripv1 and v2, Ripv1 and v2 -11 – Enterasys Networks Security Router X-PeditionTM User Manual

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IP Routing Protocols

XSR User’s Guide 5-11

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Static routes

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Route redistribution

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Default network

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CIDR (classless IP)

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Configurable Router ID

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Route Preference

When you run multiple routing protocols, the XSR assigns a weight to each of them. For more
information, refer to

“Route Preference”

on page 5-17.

RIPv1 and v2

The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector protocol based on the Bellman-Ford
algorithm to learn the shortest path between two points in a network. RIP is used only on
networks whose longest path is 15 hops or less and is marked by the following limits on the XSR:

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MD5 authentication is not supported

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Distribution lists require an ACL to be configured

RIP uses request and response messages. Requests ask for all or part of routing table entries and
responses can be sent for one of these reasons:

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Response to a specific query

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Regular updates (unsolicited response)

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Triggered updates caused by a route change

RIP specifications are RFC-1058 for RIPv1 and RFC-2453 for RIPv2. It is supported on the XSR
with the following features:

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Set globally with the

router rip

and per interface with the

network

commands: they

support RIP on both LAN and WAN interfaces with these default values: Receive RIPv1 and
v2, Transmit RIPv1, no redistribution, no filtering and Split Horizon with no poison.

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Redistribute static routes into RIP with the

redistribute

command

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Redistribute RIP into OSPF and vice versa with the

redistribute rip

and

redistribute

ospf

commands

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Split horizon with poisoned reverse enabled with

ip split-horizon

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Triggered updates delivered by default or disabled by

ip rip disable-triggered-updates

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Clear text authentication enabled by

ip rip authentication mode

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RIP is configurable for:

–

Send only mode set by issuing

no received interface

to prevent RIP from receiving

update packets on a specified port

–

Receive only mode set by issuing

passive interface

to prevent RIP from sending update

packets on a specified port

Note: RIP commands configured under Interface mode are independent of enabling/disabling the
RIP protocol.

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