Route Distribution

Route distribution describes how RIP propagates routes that RIP transferred from other protocols to other RIP routers.

Tab. Route distribution table

Parameters

Meaning

Value range

Default setting

Source

Source from which RIP takes over routing information:
– connected: The route points to a subnetwork that is connected directly to the interface.
– static: The route is in the static routing table.
– ospf: The route is from OSPF.

connected, static, ospf

Mode

You use the mode to select whether RIP should take over routes from these sources.

Metric

In this column you enter the metric that RIP assigned to the routes from the source. If the value 0 is entered, then RIP uses the value entered under “Default Metric” (refer General settings).

Match internal

Enable: Internal OSPF routes (OSPF Intra, OSPF Inter) are adopted in RIP.

Active, Inactive

Active

Match external 1

Enable: External OSPF routes of metric type 1 (OSPF Ext T1) are adopted in RIP.

Active, Inactive

Inactive

Match external 2

Enable: External OSPF routes of metric type 2 (OSPF Ext T2) are adopted in RIP.

Active, Inactive

Inactive

Match NSSA external 1

Enable: External OSPF routes of metric type 1 from an NSSA (Not so Stubby Area) are adopted in RIP.

Active, Inactive

Inactive

Match NSSA external 2

Enable: External OSPF routes of metric type 2 from an NSSA (Not so Stubby Area) are adopted in RIP.

Active, Inactive

Inactive


Buttons

Tab. Buttons (Forts.)

Button

Meaning

“Set”

Transfers the changes to the volatile memory (RAM) of the device. To permanently save the changes afterwards, you open the Basic Settings:Load/Save dialog and click “Save”.

“Reload”

Updates the fields with the values that are saved in the volatile memory (RAM) of the device.

“Help”

Opens the online help.