enable rip

Description

Enables 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 enables RIP for the whole router:

# enable rip

This command is available on all platforms with a Base license or higher as described in the Switch Engine 32.2 Feature License Requirements document.

This command is available on all platforms with an Edge, Advanced Edge, or Core license.