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To access the RIP enable and configuration parameters for a brouter port:
| The Port dialog box opens with the RIP tab displayed. |
The table below describes the RIP tab items.
Enable
If checked, enables RIP on the port.
Talk
Specifies that the routing switch will advertise RIP routes through the interface. The default is enable.
Listen
Specifies that the routing switch will learn RIP routes through this interface. The default is enable.
Poison
If disabled, split horizon is invoked, meaning that IP routes learned from an immediate neighbor are not advertised back to the neighbor from which the routes were learned.
If enabled, the RIP update sent to a neighbor from which a route is learned is "poisoned" with a metric of 16. In this manner, the route entry is not passed along to the neighbor, because historically 16 is "infinity" in terms of hops on a network. The default is disable.
AdvertiseDefaultRoute
Set the value to true if a default route must be advertised out this interface. The default is false.
Note: The default route will be advertised only if it exists in the routing table.
AcceptDefaultRoute
Set value to true if default route should be learned on this interface when advertised by another router connected to the interface. The default is false.
TriggeredUpdateEnable
Allows you to enable or disable triggered RIP updates. The default is false (disabled).
AutoAggregateEnable
Allows you to enable or disable RIP automatic aggregation. RIP2 automatically aggregates routes to their natural mask. Auto aggregation can be enabled only in RIP2 mode or RIP1 compatiblity mode. The default is false.
AdvertiseWhenDown
If true, the network on this interface will be advertised as up, even if the port is down. The default is false.
Note: When you configure a port without any link and enable AdvertiseWhenDown, it will not advertise the route until the port is active. Then the route will be advertised even when the link is down. To disable advertising based on link states, disable AdvertiseWhenDown.