Viewing general RIP information

Syntax:


show ip rip

To display general RIP information, enter show ip rip at any context level. The resulting display will appear similar to the following:

General RIP information listing

switch(config)# show ip rip

RIP global parameters
  RIP protocol  : enabled Auto-summary  : enabled 
  Default Metric : 4
  Distance      : 120
  Route changes  : 0
  Queries       : 0

RIP interface information
IP Address      Status      Send mode        Recv mode Metric       Auth
--------------- ----------- ---------------- ---------- ----------- ----
100.1.0.1       enabled     V2-only          V2-only    5           none
100.2.0.1       enabled     V2-only          V2-only    5           none
100.3.0.1       enabled     V2-only          V2-only    5           none
100.4.0.1       enabled     V2-only          V2-only    5           none

RIP peer information

IP Address      Bad routes  Last update timeticks
--------------- ----------- ---------------------

The display is a summary of global RIP information, information about interfaces with RIP enabled, and information about RIP peers.

RIP protocol

Status of the RIP protocol on the router. RIP must be enabled here and on the VLAN interface for RIP to be active.

The default is disabled.

Auto-summary

Status of auto-summary for all interfaces running RIP. If auto-summary is enabled, subnets will be summarized to a class network when advertising outside of the given network.

Default metric

Sets the default metric for imported routes. This is the metric that will be advertised with the imported route to other RIP peers. A RIP metric is a measurement used to determine the "best" path to network: 1 is the best, 15 is the worst, 16 is unreachable.

Route changes

The number of times RIP has modified the routing switch’s routing table.

Queries

The number of RIP queries that have been received by the routing switch.

RIP interface information

RIP information on the VLAN interfaces on which RIP is enabled.

IP address: Address of the VLAN interface running RIP.
Status: Status of RIP on the VLAN interface.
Send mode: Format of the RIP updates: RIP 1, RIP 2, or RIP 2 version 1 compatible.
Recv mode: The switch can process RIP 1, RIP 2, or RIP 2 version 1 compatible update messages.
Metric: Path "cost," a measurement used to determine the "best" RIP route path: 1 is the best, 15 is the worst, 16 is unreachable.
Auth: RIP messages can be required to include an authentication key if enabled on the interface.

RIP peer information

RIP peers are neighboring routers from which the routing switch has received RIP updates:

IP address

IP address of the RIP neighbor.

Bad routes

Number of route entries which were not processed for any reason.

Last update timeticks

Number of seconds that have passed since we received an update from this neighbor.