In RIP, you must specify which interfaces participate in the routing protocol. With no network statement, you have no interfaces participating so what's the point in that?? :-)
Let's say you have 10 interfaces, one of which is in the 172.16.0.0/16 major net and the rest are in some other major net. If you configure the following: router rip network 172.16.0.0 redistribute connected metric 1 This will cause that single interface to participate in RIP routing *and* it will advertise your connected networks without the need to add them via networks statements. You're misunderstanding the way the network statement operates in RIP. You're thinking that it works in RIP the same way that in works with BGP, and it doesn't. HTH, John >>> Phil Barker 12/19/01 11:22:12 AM >>> No, I still don't get it !!! If I have to type in all the directly connected networks via the network statement then what does redistribute connected actually do ? Regs, Phil. --- John Neiberger wrote: > The network statement in RIP does not specify which > networks to > advertise, it specifies which interfaces participate > in RIP. If you > don't have a network statement, no networks will be > advertised because > no interfaces are running RIP. > > HTH, > John > > >>> "Phil Barker" 12/19/01 12:01:40 PM > >>> > Hi all, > Just set up a simple RIP network and am trying to > redistribute connected networks without directly > advertising a network through the network statement. > > The router won't allow me ? If I advertise a network > with redistribute connected and then take the > network > out of the advertisements then the 'router rip', > 'redistribute connected' is still in the config but > it > doesn't do anything i.e 'debug ip rip' shows no > updates. > > Does anyone know why this is ? > > Regards, > > Phil. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=29684&t=29667 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
