Allied Telesis AT-8100 Series - Manual (Page 1853)

AT-8100 Switch Command Line User’s Guide
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Enabling RIP
To connect remote networks dynamically, you must enable the RIP routing
process on the switches. Networks connected directly to the switch can
communicate; however, a switch needs routing information for networks
connected indirectly to the switch.
Figure 285 shows an example configuration of a routing protocol. Two
switches are connected through a trunk, which allows the switches to
exchange information for VLANs. PC1 on Switch S1 can communicate
with PC2 on Switch S3 because both PC1 and PC3 belong to the same
VLAN. However, PC1 cannot communicate with the file server on Switch
S2 because two devices do not belong to the same VLAN. To connect
different networks dynamically, you can enable RIP on the switches.
Figure 285. Enabling RIP Example
Table 256 lists the commands to enable RIP and associate a network with
the RIP routing process so that a route to the network is advertised. In the
example, when you enable RIP on Switch S1 and associate VLAN 50
interface to the RIP routing process, the route to PC2 on VLAN 50 is
advertised to Switch S2. For Switch S2 to receive RIP packets from Switch
S1, you must enable RIP on Switch S2 as well.
Table 256. RIP Commands
To Do This Task Use This Command
Enter the Routing Configuration mode. ROUTER RIP
Associate a network or VLAN interface with
the RIP routing process so that the network
is advertised through the RIP process. NETWORK network-address or vlan ID