Configuring RIP timers
You can change the RIP network convergence speed by adjusting the following RIP timers:
Update timer—Specifies the interval between route updates.
Timeout timer—Specifies the route aging time. If no update for a route is received within the aging time, the metric of the route is set to 16.
Suppress timer—Specifies how long a RIP route stays in suppressed state. When the metric of a route is 16, the route enters the suppressed state. A suppressed route can be replaced by an updated route that is received from the same neighbor before the suppress timer expires and has a metric less than 16.
Garbage-collect timer—Specifies the interval from when the metric of a route becomes 16 to when it is deleted from the routing table. RIP advertises the route with a metric of 16. If no update is announced for that route before the garbage-collect timer expires, the route is deleted from the routing table.
![]() | IMPORTANT: To avoid unnecessary traffic or route flapping, configure identical RIP timer settings on RIP routers. | |
To configure RIP timers:
Step | Command | Remarks |
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1. Enter system view. | system-view | N/A |
2. Enter RIP view. | rip [ process-id ] [ vpn-instance vpn-instance-name ] | N/A |
3. Configure RIP timers. | timers { garbage-collect garbage-collect-value | suppress suppress-value | timeout timeout-value | update update-value } * | By default:
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