RIP Exercises
Exercise 1: Enable RIP , advertise a network and check
routing table.
Steps:
1.Configure IP addresses in the interfaces connecting R1 and R2
2.Create one loopback interface in each router and configure IP address
3.Enable RIP and advertise the network between the routers and the network of loopback
interfaces.
4.Check the routing table in both routers
R1 configuration:
Step 1: Configuring IP address in R1
R1#
R1#configure terminal
R1(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/0
R1(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
R1(config-if)#no shutdown
R1(config-if)#exit
R1(config)#exit
R1#
Step 2: Creating loopback interface
R1#
R1#configure terminal
R1(config)#interface loopback 1
R1(config-if)#ip address 10.0.0.1 255.0.0.0
R1(config-if)#exit
R1(config)#exit
R1#
R1#show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address Status Protocol
FastEthernet0/0 192.168.1.1 up up
Loopback1 10.0.0.1 up up
R1#
R1#show ip route
C 192.168.1.0/24 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/0
C 10.0.0.0/8 is directly connected, Loopback1
Step 3: Enable RIP and advertise networks
R1#
R1#configure terminal
R1(config)#router rip
R1(config-router)#network 192.168.1.0
R1(config-router)#network 10.0.0.0
R1(config-router)#exit
R1(config)#exit
R1#
R2 configuration:
Configuring IP address in R2
R2#
R2#configure terminal
R2(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/0
R2(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
R2(config-if)#no shutdown
R2(config-if)#exit
R2(config)#exit
R2#
Creating loopback interface
R2#
R2#configure terminal
R2(config)#interface loopback 1
R2(config-if)#ip address 20.0.0.1 255.0.0.0
R2(config-if)#exit
R2(config)#exit
R2#
R2#show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address Status Protocol
FastEthernet0/0 192.168.1.2 up up
Loopback1 20.0.0.1 up up
R2#
R2#show ip route
C 192.168.1.0/24 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/0
C 20.0.0.0/8 is directly connected, Loopback1
Enabling RIP and advertising networks
R2#
R2#configure terminal
R2(config)#router rip
R2(config-router)#network 192.168.1.0
R2(config-router)#network 20.0.0.0
R2(config-router)#exit
R2(config)#exit
R2#
Now check the routing table in R1 and R2
R1#show ip route
C 192.168.1.0/24 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/0
C 10.0.0.0/8 is directly connected, Loopback1
R 20.0.0.0/8 [120/1] via 192.168.1.2, 00:00:18, FastEthernet0/0
R2#show ip route
C 192.168.1.0/24 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/0
C 20.0.0.0/8 is directly connected, Loopback1
R 10.0.0.0/8 [120/1] via 192.168.1.1, 00:00:23, FastEthernet0/0
“show ip route” will show all types of routes (connected, static, rip, ospf etc) , if you are
looking only for particular type try the following method
R2#show ip route rip
R 10.0.0.0/8 [120/1] via 192.168.1.1, 00:00:24, FastEthernet0/0
R2#show ip route connected
C 20.0.0.0/8 is directly connected, Loopback1
C 192.168.1.0/24 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/0
Understanding routing table entry:
R2#show ip route rip
R 10.0.0.0/8 [120/1] via 192.168.1.1, 00:00:24, FastEthernet0/0
In the above output,
“R” represents that this route is learned from RIP protocol
In [120/1] , 120 represents RIP’s administrative distance and 1 represent the metric to reach
this network 10.0.0.0
The timer 00:00:24, shows that RIP received the last update 24 seconds back
FastEthernet0/0 is the exit interface to reach the network 10.0.0.0
