Example for Configuring Basic RIP Functions

Networking Requirements

In Figure 1, SwitchA, SwitchB, SwitchC, and SwitchD are located on a small-sized network and need to communicate with each other.

Figure 1 Configuring basic RIP functions

Configuration Roadmap

RIP-2 is recommended if the network size is small. The configuration roadmap is as follows:

Configure VLAN and IP address for each interface to ensure network reachability.
Enable RIP on each switch to implement network connections between processes.
Configure RIP-2 on each switch to improve RIP performance.

Procedure

Configure VLANs and add interfaces to the VLANs. The configurations of SwitchB, SwitchC, and SwitchD are similar to the configuration of SwitchA, and are not mentioned here.

<HUAWEI> system-view
[HUAWEI] sysname SwitchA
[SwitchA] vlan 10
[SwitchA-vlan10] quit
[SwitchA] interface gigabitethernet 0/0/1
[SwitchA-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] port link-type trunk
[SwitchA-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] port trunk allow-pass vlan 10
[SwitchA-GigabitEthernet0/0/1] quit

Configure an IP address to each VLANIF interface. The configurations of SwitchB, SwitchC, and SwitchD are similar to the configuration of SwitchA, and are not mentioned here.
```
[SwitchA] interface vlanif 10
[SwitchA-Vlanif10] ip address 192.168.1.1 24
[SwitchA-Vlanif10] quit
```

Configure basic RIP functions.

# Configure SwitchA.

[SwitchA] rip
[SwitchA-rip-1] network 192.168.1.0
[SwitchA-rip-1] quit

# Configure SwitchB.

[SwitchB] rip
[SwitchB-rip-1] network 192.168.1.0
[SwitchB-rip-1] network 172.16.0.0
[SwitchB-rip-1] network 10.0.0.0
[SwitchB-rip-1] quit

# Configure SwitchC.

[SwitchC] rip
[SwitchC-rip-1] network 172.16.0.0
[SwitchC-rip-1] quit

# Configure SwitchD.

[SwitchD] rip
[SwitchD-rip-1] network 10.0.0.0
[SwitchD-rip-1] quit

# Check the RIP routing table of SwitchA.

[SwitchA] display rip 1 route
 Route Flags : R - RIP 
              A - Aging, G - Garbage-collect
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Peer 192.168.1.2  on Vlanif10
      Destination/Mask        Nexthop     Cost   Tag     Flags   Sec
       172.16.0.0/16       192.168.1.2      1    0        RA      14
         10.0.0.0/8        192.168.1.2      1    0        RA      14

The command output shows that the routes advertised by RIP-1 use natural masks.

Configure the RIP version.

# Configure RIP-2 on SwitchA.

[SwitchA] rip
[SwitchA-rip-1] version 2
[SwitchA-rip-1] quit

# Configure RIP-2 on SwitchB.

[SwitchB] rip
[SwitchB-rip-1] version 2
[SwitchB-rip-1] quit

# Configure RIP-2 on SwitchC.

[SwitchC] rip
[SwitchC-rip-1] version 2
[SwitchC-rip-1] quit

# Configure RIP-2 on SwitchD.

[SwitchD] rip
[SwitchD-rip-1] version 2
[SwitchD-rip-1] quit

Verify the configuration.

# Check the RIP routing table of SwitchA.

[SwitchA] display rip 1 route
Route Flags : R - RIP
             A - Aging, G - Garbage-collect 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Peer 192.168.1.2  on Vlanif10
      Destination/Mask        Nexthop       Cost   Tag     Flags   Sec
       172.16.1.0/24         192.168.1.2      1    0        RA      32
         10.1.1.0/24         192.168.1.2      1    0        RA      32

From the routing table, you can find that the routes advertised by RIP-2 contain more accurate subnet masks.

Configuration Files

SwitchA configuration file

#
sysname SwitchA
#
vlan batch 10
#
interface Vlanif10
 ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
#
interface GigabitEthernet0/0/1
 port link-type trunk
 port trunk allow-pass vlan 10
#
rip 1
 version 2
 network 192.168.1.0
#
return

SwitchB configuration file

#
sysname SwitchB
#
vlan batch 10 20 30
#
interface Vlanif10
 ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
#
interface Vlanif20
 ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0
#
interface Vlanif30
 ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
#
interface GigabitEthernet0/0/1
 port link-type trunk
 port trunk allow-pass vlan 10
#
interface GigabitEthernet0/0/2
 port link-type trunk
 port trunk allow-pass vlan 20
#
interface GigabitEthernet0/0/3
 port link-type trunk
 port trunk allow-pass vlan 30
#
rip 1
 version 2
 network 192.168.1.0
 network 172.16.0.0
 network 10.0.0.0
#
return

SwitchC configuration file

#
sysname SwitchC
#
vlan batch 20
#
interface Vlanif20
 ip address 172.16.1.2 255.255.255.0
#
interface GigabitEthernet0/0/2
 port link-type trunk
 port trunk allow-pass vlan 20
#
rip 1
 version 2
 network 172.16.0.0
#
return

SwitchD configuration file

#
sysname SwitchD
#
vlan batch 30
#
interface Vlanif30
 ip address 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.0
#
interface GigabitEthernet0/0/3
 port link-type trunk
 port trunk allow-pass vlan 30
#
rip 1
 version 2
 network 10.0.0.0
#
return