disable rip

Description

Disables RIP for the whole router.

This command has no arguments or variables.

Disabled.

RIP has a number of limitations that can cause problems in large networks, including:

A limit of 15 hops between the source and destination networks.
A large amount of bandwidth taken up by periodic broadcasts of the entire routing table.
Slow convergence.
Routing decisions based on hop count; no concept of link costs or delay.
Flat networks; no concept of areas or boundaries.

The following command disables RIP for the whole router:

# disable rip

This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 10.1.

This command is available on all platforms with an Edge or Base license or higher as described in the ExtremeXOS 32.1 Feature License Requirements document.