Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family ipx rip mtu ● 119
Command Reference
ipx rip mtu
Purpose Use the ipx rip mtu command to configure RIP updating packet size.
Use the undo ipx rip mtu command to restore the default configuration.
Syntax ipx rip mtu bytes
undo ipx rip mtu
Parameters bytes
Maximum RIP updating packet size (in bytes). Valid
values are 432 to 1500.
If not specified, the default is 432.
Default By default, the maximum size of RIP updating packets is 432 bytes. In RIP updating
packets, the size of each routing information item is 8 bytes and the size of IPX
header and RIP header is 32 bytes. So an updating packet can carry up to 50 routing
information items at most.
Example Configure the maximum size of RIP updating packets on the interface Ethernet1/0/0
to 500 bytes.
[3Com -Ethernet1/0/0] ipx rip mtu 500
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ Interface view