Installing and Administering Internet Services

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Configuring gated
Configuring the RIP Protocol
You can change the values of either option in the /etc/gated.conf file.
If -e and -a options are specified on the command line and in the
configuration file, gated will use the value specified in the configuration
file.
Simple RIP Configuration
A simple configuration contains RIP routers and end nodes that listen to
information exchanged by the RIP routers, as shown in Figure 8-1 below.
For the purposes of keeping this example simple, and because the
configuration is similar among all end systems, only one end system’s
(node A) configuration is shown here. The same is true for RIP routers
(only node B’s configuration is shown here). Note that this example
shows only the syntax needed for this simple configuration. A detailed
description of the full RIP protocol statement is given after this example.
Figure 8-1 Example of Simple RIP Configuration
A: End System on a LAN with RIP Routers
Set up /etc/gated.conf as follows:
rip yes {
interface 121.1.0.10 version 2 multicast;
121.1.0.10
A
. . .
B
. . .
End systems
RIP
Routers