Cabletron Systems 9032578-02 Router User Manual


 
Chapter 4: RIP Configuration Guide
56 SmartSwitch Router User Reference Manual
Configure RIP Route Default-Metric
You can define the metric used when advertising routes via RIP that were learned from
other protocols. The default value for this parameter is 16 (unreachable). To export routes
from other protocols into RIP, you must explicitly specify a value for the default-metric
parameter. The metric specified by the default-metric parameter may be overridden by a
metric specified in the export command.
To configure default-metric, enter the following command in Configure mode.
For
<num>
, you must specify a number between 1 and 16.
Monitoring RIP
The rip trace command can be used to trace all rip request and response packets.
To monitor RIP information, enter the following commands in Enable mode.
Define the metric used when advertising routes
via RIP that were learned from other protocols.
rip set default-metric
<num>
Show all RIP information.
rip show all
Show RIP export policies.
rip show export-policy
Show RIP global information.
rip show globals
Show RIP import policies.
rip show import-policy
Show RIP information on the specified
interface.
rip show interface
<Name or IP-addr>
Show RIP interface policy information.
rip show interface-policy
Show detailed information of all RIP
packets
rip trace packets detail
Show detailed information of all packets
received by the router.
rip trace packets receive
Show detailed information of all packets
sent by the router.
rip trace packets send
Show detailed information of all request
received by the router.
rip trace request receive
Show detailed information of all response
received by the router.
rip trace response receive