ECS4660-28F_Management Guide-R03

C HAPTER 51 | IP Routing Commands
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
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distance This command defines an administrative distance for external routes
learned from other routing protocols. Use the no form to restore the
default setting.
SYNTAX
[no] distance distance network-address netmask
distance - Administrative distance for external routes. External
routes are routes for which the best path is learned from a neighbor
external to the local RIP autonomous system. Routes with a
distance of 255 are not installed in the routing table.
(Range: 1-255)
network-address - IP address of a route entry.
netmask - Network mask for the route. This mask identifies the
network address bits used for the associated routing entries.
DEFAULT SETTING
None
COMMAND MODE
Router Configuration
COMMAND USAGE
◆ Administrative distance is used by the routers to select the preferred
path when there are two or more different routes to the same
destination from two different routing protocols. A smaller
administrative distance indicates a more reliable protocol.
◆ The administrative distance is applied to all routes learned for the
specified network.
EXAMPLE
Console(config-router)#distance 2 192.168.3.0 255.255.255.0
Console(config-router)#
maximum-prefix This command sets the maximum number of RIP routes allowed by the
system. Use the no form to restore the default setting.
SYNTAX
maximum-prefix maximum-routes
no maximum-prefix
maximum-routes - The maximum number of RIP routes which can
be installed in the routing table. (Range: 1-7168)
DEFAULT SETTING
1024