Per the split-horizon rule, don’t send an update back on the interface it was received on What is the challenge here? In addition to bandwidth usage and system resources consumption, Split horizon helps prevent...
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RIP: do not split it then… and unleach the power of the “network” command
In RIP domain routers R1 and R2 exchange information about loopback 0 and 1 networks Router RIP command “network 0.0.0.0” hints routers to add all ip enabled interfaces to the update list and include...
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Adertised RIP learnt routes
In the topology Router R3 receives 1.1.1.1/32 route information from R2 This route gets next into the routing table But what if R2 installed another protocol or source same route (same subnet and mask)...
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RIP flush time
By default RIP sends updates each 30 seconds In this lab we change the value of the invalid timer to 90 seconds What happens if we filter RIP updates R2 sends over fa0/0 link?...
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RIP maximum equal cost paths feature
In this lab, we check how maximum equal paths feature works in RIP In this lab R2 advertises 2.2.2.2/32 subnetwork to R1 via RIP. R1 processed three equal paths through interfaces fa0/0, fa1/0 and...
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Understand RIP Routing Timers All in One Shot!
Cisco’s RIP implementation defines 4 times tight to one periodic update interval and 3 states: invalid, hold-down and flush. The misleading information is that they are referred to as “timers” in configuration part! Apart...
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