Enabling RIP

Follow these guidelines when you enable RIP:

Enabling RIP on a network

You can enable RIP on a network and specify a wildcard mask for the network. After that, only the interface attached to the network runs RIP.

To enable RIP on a network:

Step

Command

Remarks

1. Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2. Enable RIP and enter RIP view.

rip [ process-id ]

By default, RIP is disabled.

3. Enable RIP on a network.

network network-address [ wildcard-mask ]

By default, RIP is disabled on a network.

The network 0.0.0.0 command can enable RIP on all interfaces in a single process, but does not apply to multiple RIP processes.

Enabling RIP on an interface

Step

Command

Remarks

1. Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2. Enable RIP and enter RIP view.

rip [ process-id ]

By default, RIP is disabled.

3. Return to system view.

quit

N/A

4. Enter interface view.

interface interface-type interface-number

N/A

5. Enable RIP on the interface.

rip process-id enable [ exclude-subip ]

By default, RIP is disabled on an interface.