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RIP

This chapter shows you how to configure RIP (Routing Information Protocol).

24.1 RIP Overview

RIP (Routing Information Protocol allows a routing device to exchange routing information
with other routers. The Direction field controls the sending and receiving of RIP packets.
When set to:

Both - the switch will broadcast its routing table periodically and incorporate the RIP

information that it receives.

Incoming - the switch will not send any RIP packets but will accept all RIP packets

received.

Outgoing - the switch will send out RIP packets but will not accept any RIP packets

received.

None - the switch will not send any RIP packets and will ignore any RIP packets

received.

The Version field controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets that the
switch sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving). RIP-1 is universally supported; but
RIP-2 carries more information. RIP-1 is probably adequate for most networks, unless you
have an unusual network topology.

Both RIP-2B and RIP-2M send the routing data in RIP-2 format; the difference being that
RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting while RIP-2M uses multicasting.

24.2 Configuring RIP

Click IP Application, RIP in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown. You cannot
manually configure a new entry. Each entry in the table is automatically created when you
configure a new IP domain in the IP Setup screen (refer to

Section 7.6 on page 75

).