Chapter 18: Ip Configuration: Ripv2; Overview - Cisco 350 Series Administration Manual

IP Configuration: RIPv2
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Overview

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Cisco 350, 350X and 550X Series Managed Switches, Firmware Release 2.4, ver 0.4
This section describes the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) version 2 feature.
This feature is only supported on the 550 family of devices.
It covers the following topics:
• Overview
• How Rip Operates on the Device
• Configuring RIP
• Access Lists
Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is an implementation of a distance-vector protocol for
local and wide-area networks. It classifies routers as either active or passive (silent). Active
routers advertise their routes to others; passive routers listen and update their routes based on
advertisements, but do not advertise. Typically, routers run RIP in active mode, while hosts use
passive mode.
The default gateway is a static route and it is advertised by RIP in the same way as all other
static routers, if it is enabled by configuration.
When IP Routing is enabled, RIP works fully. When IP Routing is disabled, RIP works in the
passive mode, meaning that it only learns routes from the received RIP messages and does not
send them.
To enable IP Routing, go to the
The device supports RIP version 2, which is based on the following standards:
• RFC2453 RIP Version 2, November 1998
• RFC2082 RIP-2 MD5 Authentication, January 1997
IPv4 Interface page.
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