Disabling host route reception, Advertising a default route – H3C Technologies H3C S7500E Series Switches User Manual
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To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Disable RIPv2 automatic route
summarization
undo summary
Required
Enabled by default
Return to system view
quit
—
Enter interface view
interface interface-type
interface-number
—
Advertise a summary route
rip summary-address ip-address
{ mask | mask-length }
Required
You need to disable RIPv2 route automatic summarization before advertising a summary route on an
interface.
Disabling Host Route Reception
Sometimes a router may receive from the same network many host routes, which are not helpful for
routing and consume a large amount of network resources. In this case, you can disable RIP from
receiving host routes to save network resources.
Follow these steps to disable RIP from receiving host routes:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter RIP view
rip [ process-id ] [ vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name ]
—
Disable RIP from receiving host
routes
undo host-route
Required
Enabled by default
RIPv2 can be disabled from receiving host routes, but RIPv1 cannot.
Advertising a Default Route
You can configure RIP to advertise a default route with a specified metric to RIP neighbors.