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Chapter 3
Configuring RIP Services
This chapter contains the following sections describing the Bay Networks
implementation of the Routing Information Protocol (RIP):
• RIP Overview - page 3-1
• Sending RIP Updates - page 3-2
• Receiving RIP Updates - page 3-4
• Setting RIP Timers - page 3-6
• Enabling RIP2 Authentication - page 3-6
• Specifying the RIP Diameter - page 3-7
• Editing RIP Parameters - page 3-7
RIP Overview
The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector protocol that lets
routers in the same autonomous system exchange routing information by means
of periodic RIP updates.
Routers transmit their own RIP updates to neighboring networks and listen for
RIP updates from the routers on those neighboring networks. Routers use the
information in the RIP updates to ensure that their internal routing tables reflect
the current state of the network and contain the best paths available. For RIP, the
best path to a destination is the path with the fewest hops. RIP computes distance
as a metric, usually the number of hops (or routers) from the origin network to the
target network.
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