Setup Guide

Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) tracks distances or hop counts to nearby routers when establishing network connections and is
based on a distance-vector algorithm.
RIP is based on a distance-vector algorithm; it tracks distances or hop counts to nearby routers when establishing network connections.
RIP protocol standards are listed in the Standards Compliance chapter.
Topics:
• Protocol Overview
• Implementation Information
• Configuration Information
Protocol Overview
RIP is the oldest interior gateway protocol.
There are two versions of RIP: RIP version 1 (RIPv1) and RIP version 2 (RIPv2). These versions are documented in RFCs 1058 and 2453.
RIPv1
RIPv1 learns where nodes in a network are located by automatically constructing a routing data table.
The routing table is established after RIP sends out one or more broadcast signals to all adjacent nodes in a network. Hop counts of these
signals are tracked and entered into the routing table, which defines where nodes in the network are located.
The information that is used to update the routing table is sent as either a request or response message. In RIPv1, automatic updates to
the routing table are performed as either one-time requests or periodic responses (every 30 seconds). RIP transports its responses or
requests by means of user datagram protocol (UDP) over port 520.
RIP must receive regular routing updates to maintain a correct routing table. Response messages containing a router’s full routing table
are transmitted every 30 seconds. If a router does not send an update within a certain amount of time, the hop count to that route is
changed to unreachable (a route hop metric of 16 hops). Another timer sets the amount of time before the unreachable routes are
removed from the routing table.
This first RIP version does not support variable length subnet mask (VLSM) or classless inter-domain routing (CIDR) and is not widely
used.
RIPv2
RIPv2 adds support for subnet fields in the RIP routing updates, thus qualifying it as a classless routing protocol.
The RIPv2 message format includes entries for route tags, subnet masks, and next hop addresses. Another enhancement included in
RIPv2 is multicasting for route updates on IP multicast address 224.0.0.9.
Implementation Information
Dell EMC Networking OS supports both versions of RIP and allows you to configure one version globally and the other version on
interfaces or both versions on the interfaces.
The following table lists the defaults for RIP in Dell EMC Networking OS.
Table 83. RIP Defaults
Feature Default
Interfaces running RIP
• Listen to RIPv1 and RIPv2
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