RIP_INTERFACE statement

The RIP_INTERFACE statement enables you to define routes and create static routes for each interface.

You can specify multiple interface options on a single entry in the configuration file. You can use the following options:

• BLOCK

• FORWARD

• FORWARD.COND

• NOFORWARD

You can specify interfaces on the system by using the following methods:

Network

A network that is specified as an IP address and a mask or as an IP address and a bit number. The bit number n indicates which bit in the 0 – 32 bits of the IP address (counting left to right beginning from 0) is the last bit of the network portion of the IP address. If the mask and bit number are missing, the system calculates a network by using the subnet mask of the interface specified through the Add TCP/IP Interface (ADDTCPIFC) command.

Interface name

The logical interface name that identifies a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) interface with an IP address that is assigned dynamically when the PPP connection becomes active.

Hostname

The fully qualified host name of the system, which is resolvable through the Domain Name System (DNS).

*

This character refers to all of the interfaces on the system and is useful for setting default values that apply to all interfaces. You can override these defaults by providing a RIP_INTERFACE statement for a specific interface with different values for selected parameters.

• Supply values
  You can use RIP_INTERFACE supply values to specify how Router Information Protocol (RIP) traffic is handled within your network.

• DIST_ROUTES_IN
  The DIST_ROUTES_IN parameter controls how RouteD redistributes routes that it receives from this RIP_INTERFACE network to wide area networks (WANs). This parameter does not affect redistribution of routes to local area networks (LANs).

• Metric
  You can use the Metric parameter to specify the metric that the system uses to add routes that it receives through a specified interface. Possible values are 1 through 15.

• Community
  You can specify the community name that is used by the specified interface for authentication.

• Additional parameters
  You can use these additional RIP_INTERFACE parameters in your network, such as BLOCK and FORWARD.

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