Configuring group-level parameters

A group is a collection of related RIP peers. The group name should be a descriptive name for the group. Follow your group, name, and ID naming conventions for consistency and to help when troubleshooting faults.

All parameters configured for a group are applied to the group and are inherited by each peer (neighbor), but a group parameter can be overridden on a specific neighbor-level basis. Use the following CLI syntax to configure a group.

CLI syntax

config>router# rip
  group group-name
    authentication-key[authentication-key|hash-key [hash|hash2|custom]
    authentication-type {password|message-digest}
    check-zero {enable|disable}
    description string
    export policy-name [policy-name …]
    import policy-name [policy-name …]
    message-size number
    metric-in metric
    metric-out metric
    preference number
    receive {both|none|version-1|version-2}
      send {broadcast|multicast|none|version-1|both}
      no shutdown
      split-horizon {enable|disable}
      timers update timeout flush

The following example displays group configuration command usage.

Example

config>router# rip
config>router>rip# group headquarters
config>router>rip>group$ description "Mt. View"
config>router>rip>group# no shutdown

The following example displays the RIP group configuration:

ALA-A>config>router>rip# info
----------------------------------------------
            authentication-type simple
            authentication-key "ac1865lvz1d" hash
            timers 300 600 600
            group "headquarters"
                description "Mt. View"
            exit
----------------------------------------------
ALA-A>config>router>rip#