Extreme networks Summit1 Manuale Utente
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R
OUTING
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ROTOCOLS
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RIGGERED
U
PDATES
Triggered updates occur whenever a router changes the metric for a route, and it is
required to send an update message immediately, even if it is not yet time for a regular
update message to be sent. This will generally result in faster convergence, but may also
result in more RIP-related traffic.
required to send an update message immediately, even if it is not yet time for a regular
update message to be sent. This will generally result in faster convergence, but may also
result in more RIP-related traffic.
R
OUTE
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DVERTISEMENT
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VLAN
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VLANs that are configured with an IP address, but are configured to not route IP, have
their subnets advertised by RIP with a metric of 16 (unreachable). To disable the
advertising of a subnet completely, you must unconfigure the IP address for the VLAN
using the following command:
their subnets advertised by RIP with a metric of 16 (unreachable). To disable the
advertising of a subnet completely, you must unconfigure the IP address for the VLAN
using the following command:
unconfig vlan <name> ipaddress
RIP V
ERSION
1
VERSUS
RIP V
ERSION
2
A new version of RIP, called RIP version 2, expands the functionality of RIP version 1 to
include the following:
include the following:
•
Variable-Length Subnet Masks (VLSMs)
•
Next-hop addresses
Support for next-hop addresses allows for optimization of routes in certain
environments.
environments.
•
Multicasting
RIP version 2 packets can be multicast instead of being broadcast, reducing the
load on hosts that do not support routing protocols.
load on hosts that do not support routing protocols.
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