Complete the following to configure RIP:
Log into NetCloud Manager.
Select in the left-side navigation panel.
Select a router from the Routers page. Alternatively, to make configuration changes to a group, navigate to the Groups page and select a group.
Select and then .
Navigate to > > .
Select .
The Add or Edit dialog displays.
Configure the RIP general settings (page 1 of 5):
Name – Unique name of the policy.
Metric – RIP metric is a value for distance for the network. Usually the RIP service increment the metric when the network information is received. Redistributed routes metric is set to 1.
Protocol Version – RIP can be configured to send either Version 1 or Version 2 packets. The default is to send RIPv2 while accepting both RIPv1 and RIPv2 (and replying with packets of the appropriate version for REQUESTS/triggered updates).
Enabled – Enable and disable the routing protocol policy.
Default Originate – Enable broadcasting default route.
Timers
Update specifies the period at which the routing table is sent to all neighbors. Default is 30 seconds.
Timeout specifies the length of time that the route is valid. Default is 180 seconds.
Garbage specifies the garbage collection timer that triggers removal of the route from the routing table. Default is 120 seconds.
Offset list in – Offset list adds the specified offset to the incoming and outgoing metric for routes matched by the specified access list. If the offset is 0, no action is taken.
Offset list out – Offset list adds the specified offset to the incoming and outgoing metric for routes matched by the specified access list. If the offset is 0, no action is taken.
Configure Networks (page 2 of 5):
Networks – Set the RIP-enabled interfaces by network. RIP is enabled on the interfaces that have addresses within the network range.
Configure Interfaces (page 3 of 5):
Interfaces – Enable RIP on a specific interface. Useful if the interface's IP addresses are dynamic.
Device – Select network interface device. Device needs to support broadcast for RIPv1 and multicast for RIPv2 or peer needs to be added to the neighbor entries.
Send version – Select the RIP version that will be sent on this interface, overriding the global setting. Version can be 1 or 2, or 0 to select both.
Receive version – Select the RIP version that will be accepted on this interface, overriding the global setting. Version can be 1 or 2, or 0 to select both.
Password – RIPv2 can authenticate using the specified password. Ignored for RIPv1.
Plain text password – Use a plain text password instead of an MD5 HMAC. A plain text password is not secure.
Passive – Select passive mode for the interface. In passive mode, RIP routing updates are accepted by, but not sent out of, the interface.
Split Horizon – Prevents RIP from advertising routes over the interface on which they were learned (enabled by default).
Poisoned Reverse – A form of split horizon where routes are advertised as unreachable over the interface on which they were learned.
Distribute Access-list In/Out – Specify access lists that filter the incoming and outgoing distribution of RIP routes.
Distribute Prefix-list In/Out – Specify prefix lists that filter the incoming and outgoing distribution of RIP routes.
Configure Neighbors (page 4 of 5):
Neighbors – When a neighbor doesn't understand multicast, this command is used to specify neighbors. In some cases, not all routers will be able to understand multicasting, where packets are sent to a network or a group of addresses. In a situation where a neighbor cannot process multicast packets, it is necessary to establish a direct link between routers. The neighbor command allows the network administrator to specify a router as a RIP neighbor. The no neighbor a.b.c.d command will disable the RIP neighbor.
Configure Redistribute Routes (page 5 of 5):
Redistribute Routes – Redistribute routes of the specified protocol or kind into RIP, with the metric set as specified, filtering the routes using the given route map if specified.
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