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RIP Routing Metric

ters the network in the routing table. The IP address of the sender is used

RIP uses a single routing metric (hop count) to measure the distance between the source
and a destination network. Each hop in a path from source to destination is assigned a hop
count value, which is typically 1. When a router receives a routing update that contains a
new or changed destination network entry, the router adds 1 to the metric value indicated in
the update and en
as the next hop

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Figure: RIP Configuration

RIP configuration

To activate RIP for the device, select the 'Enabled' radio button for Global RIP Mode.
To configure an individual interface, select the desired RIP version and operation,
followed by placing a check in the 'Enabled' checkbox for the interface.

Click the 'Save/Apply' button to save the configuration, and to start or stop RIP based on the
Global RIP mode selected.

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