Section 5

Configuring Routing Protocols (RIP)

In order for the router to determine the best paths on which to route packets, it must have some idea of the network's topology. A router uses a routing protocol to do this. Like all of the other information, this must be configured on the router so that the router can use it. In your labs, you will be configuring RIP (Routing Information Protocol). You will use the router xxx to configure a routing protocol, where xxx is your routing protocol of choice. Other rooting protocols exist, but it may need additional information about the network to be configured.

Configuring RIP:

  1. Enter Global Configuration Mode
  2. Use the router rip command to begin protocol configuration
  3. Next you must insert the network (subnetwork numbers) of all directly connected subnets. Use the network xxx, where xxx is the network address, to add the network addresses to the RIP table, so that all adjacent routers can share network information with it. Use the network xxx command, where xxx is the network or subnetwork address.
  4. Repeat step 3 for all interfaces and their subnets.

Next, you must configure the Domain Name Service for the router (a.k.a. the IP Host tables) to enable name binding for the network.

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