Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

• Distance Vector Protocol

• Open standard
• Uses Bellman Ford Algorithm
• Classless Routing Protocol
• Metric = hop count
• Maximum hop count is 15
• Updates are sent through the multicast address 244.0.0.9
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

 Rip sends periodic uodates for evreu 30 secends

 Rip supports equal cost loal balancing by defult 4 paths (Maximum
up to 16 paths)
 Uses the UDP port No..520
 Administrative Distance is 120
 Complete routing table is sent as update
 Each update can contain maximum of 25 routes
 Also known as “Routing by Rumor”
Loopback Interface

A loopback interface is a virtual interface that resides on a router.

Loopback interfaces are very useful because they will never go down,
unless the entire router goes down.

By default, router does not have any loopback interfaces (Loopback

interfaces are not enabled by default), but they can easily be created.
RiP using IPv4 ;
 Saintaxt :
 #ip routing
 #router rip
 …) #versone 2
 …) #timer besec ~30 30 90 90~
 …) #network < net ID>
 …) #router <net ID>
 …) #lopback <net ID>
 …) #end

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 • Update Timer : 30 sec
RIP Timers - Time between two consecutive
updates

• Invalid Timer : 180 sec

Router (config) # - Time a router waits to hear an
router rip
update from the neighbor
- The router is marked as
Router (config- unreachable if there is no update
router) # timers
basic<update for this time period
timer> <invalid
timer> <holddown
timer> <flash • Flash Timer : 240 sec
timer>

- Time after which the invalid

route is removed from the
routing table
Passive interface

Router (config) #
router rip  Passive interface is configured to stop
the updates to exit out of the interface.

Router (config-  If the passive interface is configured

router) # passive- between the routers no updates will be
interface <interface
type> <no.> exchanged.
Summarization
 Combining the continuous
networks in one full network and
Router (config)
advertising to neighbor router is
# router rip called as summarization.

 Advantages of summarization
Router (config- - Less number of updates
router) # no
auto-summary
- Reducing the size of routing
table
Router (config-
router) # exit
RIP on IPv4 Network – Verification & Updates

Router # Verify the

show ip Routing
route Table

Router # Verify RIP

show ip Updates
protocols Packet

To Verify To Verify Router # Router #

the RIP the debug ip terminal
Timer Protocols rip monitor