Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family network ● 209
Command Reference
network
Purpose Use the network command to enable Routing Information Protocol (RIP) on the
interface.
Use the undo network command to cancel the RIP on the interface.
Syntax network network-address
undo network network-address
Parameters network-address
Address of the network enabled/disabled. It can be IP
network address of any interface.
Note: For AR 28 series routers, the network-address argument can be configured to
0.0.0.0 to enable all network segments; while for AR 18 series routers, the
network-address argument cannot be configured to 0.0.0.0.
Default By default, RIP is disabled on any interface.
Example Enable the RIP on the interface with the network address as 129.102.0.0.
[3Com -rip] network 129.102.0.0
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ RIP view
Description After enabling a RIP routing process, it is disabled on any interface by default. RIP at a
certain interface must be enabled with the network command.
Like the undo rip work command in interface view, the undo network
command in RIP view can disable an interface from receiving or transmitting RIP
routes. They are different in the sense that the undo rip work command does not
prevent other interfaces from forwarding the route of the interface while the undo
network can prevent RIP from advertising the route of the interface and as a result
no route is available for forwarding the packets intended for this interface.
When the network command is used on an address, the effect is that the interface
on the network segment at this address is enabled. For example, the results of
viewing the network 129.102.1.1 with both the display
current-configuration command and the display rip command are
shown as the network 129.102.0.0.
Related Command rip work