F3726, F3211, F3174, R5135, R3816-HP Firewalls and UTM Devices Network Management Configuration Guide-6PW100

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29BConfiguring RIP
The term "router" in this document refers to both routers and routing-capable firewalls and UTM devices.
Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector simple interior gateway protocol suited to
small-sized networks. It employs UDP to exchange route information through port 520.
RIP uses a hop count to measure the distance to a destination. The hop count from a router to a directly
connected network is 0. The hop count from a router to a directly connected router is 1. To limit
convergence time, RIP restricts the metric range from 0 to 15. A destination of a metric value of 16 (or
greater) is considered unreachable. For this reason, RIP is not suitable for large-sized networks.
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Configuring RIP in the Web interface
627BRecommended configuration procedure
Before you configure RIP basic functions, complete the following tasks:
• Configure the link layer protocol.
• Configure IP addresses for interfaces, and make sure that all neighboring nodes are reachable to
each other.
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70. 2525HConfiguring RIP globally
Required.
Enable RIP on all interfaces, and configure RIP to redistribute
static routes.
IMPORTANT:
RIP multi-process is not supported in the Web interface. Enabling
RIP creates process 1, and disabling RIP removes process 1.
71. 2526HConfiguring interface RIP
Optional.
Configure the Work State, Version, and Authentication Mode for
RIP interfaces.
628BConfiguring RIP globally
1. Select Network > Routing Management > RIP from the navigation tree.
The RIP global configuration page appears.
Figure 243 RIP global configuration page