Configuring RIP in SonicOS Standard

RIP is a distance-vector routing protocol that is commonly used in small homogeneous networks. Using RIP, a router periodically sends its entire routing table to its closest neighbor that passes the information to its next neighbor, and so on. Eventually, all routers within the network will have the information about the routing paths. When attempting to route packets, a router checks the routing table and selects the path that requires the fewest hops.

RIP is not supported by all SonicWALL appliances.

To configure RIP, complete the following steps:

1	Expand the Network tree and click RIP. The RIP page displays.

 

2	Select the RIP version from the RIP Advertisements list box:

•	RIPv1 Enabled—first version of RIP.

•	RIPv2 Enabled (multicast)—sends route advertisements using multicasting (a single data packet to specific nodes on the network).

•	RIPv2 Enabled (broadcast)—sends route advertisements using broadcasting (a single data packet to all nodes on the network).

3	To advertise static routes that you specified on the Routing page, select Advertise Static Routes.

4	To set the amount of time between a VPN tunnel state change and the time the change is advertised, enter a value in the Route Change Damp Time field (default: 30 seconds).

5	To specify the number of advertisements that are sent after a route is deleted, enter a value in the Deleted Route Advertisements field (default: 5 advertisements).

6	By default, the connection between this router and its neighbor counts as one hop. However, there are cases where you want to discourage or reduce the use of this route by adding additional hops. To change the hop count of this route, enter the number of hops in the Route Metric field.

7	Optional. If RIPv2 is selected from the Route Advertisements list box, you can enter a value in the RIPv2 Route Tag field. This value is implementation-dependent and provides a mechanism for routers to classify the originators of RIPv2 advertisements.

8	Optional. Select from the following RIPv2 Authentication options:

•	User Defined—Enter four hex digits in the Authentication Type field and 32 hex digits in the Authentication Data field.

•	Cleartext Password—Enter a password (16 characters or less) in the Authentication Password field.

•	MD5 Digest—Enter a numerical value from 0-255 in the Authentication Key-Id field. Enter a 32 hex digit value for the Authentication Key field, or use the generated key.

9	When you are finished, click Update. The settings are changed for each selected SonicWALL appliance. To clear all screen settings and start over, click Reset.