Configuring Basic RIP Functions
To use RIP features, start RIP and specify the network segment and RIP version first.
- Creating a RIP process
- The creation of a RIP process is a precondition of all RIP configurations.
- Enabling RIP on Specified Network Segments
- To enable a RIP process to receive and send RIP routes on specified network segments, enable RIP for the network segments first.
- (Optional) Configuring the RIP Version Number
- RIP include RIP-1 and RIP-2. The two versions have different functions.
- (Optional) Configuring a RIP Preference
- When there are routes discovered by multiple routing protocols on the same device, you can set a preference for RIP to control the route selection result.
- (Optional) Disabling Check on the Source Address of RIP Packets on a P2P Network
- On a P2P network, IP addresses of interfaces at the two ends of a link may belong to different networks. Therefore, the two ends can receive packets from each other only when the check on the source addresses of RIP packets is disabled.
- (Optional) Enabling Check on Zero Fields of RIP-1 Packets
- Certain fields in RIP-1 packets must be 0, and these fields are called zero fields.
- Configuring an NBMA Network
- RIP packets on a Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA) network are sent in a mode different from those on networks of other types, and therefore, special configurations are required.
- Verifying the Basic RIP Configuration
- After configuring basic RIP functions, verify the current running status of RIP and RIP routing information.