Re: Confused about Default Routes in RIP

From: Gerry Hilton (gerry.hilton@rogers.com)
Date: Thu Mar 20 2003 - 11:11:23 GMT-3


I see a reference to it at the following location -

*"Note: *In IOS release 12.0T and later, RIP does not advertise the
default router if the route is not learned via RIP. Therefore, it may be
necessary to redistribute the route into RIP, or use the
*default-information originate* command."

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/tech/tk826/tk365/technologies_tech_note09186a0080094374.shtml

Gerry

Daniel Cisco Group Study wrote:

>Do you know where this is documented on CCO? In particular, I'd be interested in the version which introduced this change.
>
>Not that I don't believe you ..... I've seen this myself! :)
>
>Daniel
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Zhang, Ou (David) [mailto:OuDavid.Zhang@gs.com]
>Sent: Thursday, 20 March 2003 15:44
>To: 'MADMAN'; Daniel Cisco Group Study
>Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: RE: Confused about Default Routes in RIP
>
>
>Eariler IOS automatically generate a 0.0.0.0/0 if a static default route
>exists. However, Cisco made a feature change so we now have to tell the RIP
>explicitly by using the redistribute static command.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: MADMAN [mailto:dmadlan@qwest.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 2:15 PM
>To: Daniel Cisco Group Study
>Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Re: Confused about Default Routes in RIP
>
>
> Hmm, haven't done much RIP of late but I know there was a time a
>simple redistribute static would work.
>
> Dave
>
>Daniel Cisco Group Study wrote:
>
>
>>Doyle & Solie both discuss the origination of default routes in
>>RIP.....
>>
>>Basically, add a static default route, pointing to an IP address or
>>interface within the RIP process, and a 0.0.0.0/0 is automatically
>>generated, and propagated (see my config below).
>>
>>However, I can't seem to replicate this! The only way I can originate
>>the default in RIP is to use "default-info originate" under the RIP
>>process.....
>>
>>Why the discrepancy? Is the Doyle / Solie method only applicable to
>>older IOS versions, and the default-info originate method become the
>>new way of doing things?
>>
>>My configs for the Doyle / Solie method is as follows: (no 0.0.0.0/0
>>is generated)
>>
>>interface Loopback2
>> ip address 10.1.1.1 255.0.0.0
>>!
>>interface Ethernet0
>> ip address 128.100.1.13 255.255.255.0
>>!
>>router rip
>> network 10.0.0.0
>> network 128.100.0.0
>>!
>>no ip http server
>>ip classless
>>ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.1.1.2
>>!
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Daniel
>>
>>
>>
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