Dynamic Routing - RIP Tutorials

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Setup RIP between Routers

This guide provides a step-by-step setup for RIP between two routers. Each router has a WAN connection, a unique LAN network, and a shared internal peering network. The routes of the unique LAN networks and any new networks should be automatically shared between the two routers.

Note

Peering network means that the routers are directly attached to each other via these interfaces. This can be done either by connecting a network cable directly between these ports, or ensuring they are connected to the same switch in the same Layer 2 Broadcast Domain.

Network Diagram

          +-----------------+     Peering Network      +-----------------+
    WAN A |                 |       10.1.1.0/30        |                 | WAN B
----------|    Router A     |--------------------------|    Router B     |----------
     DHCP |                 | 10.1.1.1        10.1.1.2 |                 | DHCP
          +-----------------+                          +-----------------+
                 | 192.168.1.1                   192.168.200.1 |
                 |                                             |
          LAN A: 192.168.1.0/24                       LAN B: 192.168.200.0/24
                 |                                             |
                 |                                             |
          Device A: 192.168.1.201                     Device B: 192.168.200.201

Setup Router A

Step 1Step 2Step 3Step 4

Configure Network Interfaces

Interface	Configuration
LAN	igc0 - IP: 192.168.1.1/24
WAN	igc1 - IP: DHCP
Peering	igc2 - IP: 10.1.1.1/30

1. Configure the LAN Interface with IP 192.168.1.1/24 on igc0.

2. Assign the Peering Interface on igc2 with IP 10.1.1.1/30 for the peering network between Router A and Router B.

Note

Since we do not use the WAN Interface for peering, it does not need any specific configuration.

Setup Router B

Step 1Step 2Step 3Step 4

Configure Network Interfaces

Interface	Configuration
LAN Interface	igc0 - IP: 192.168.200.1/24
WAN Interface	igc1 - IP: DHCP
Peering Interface	igc2 - IP: 10.1.1.2/30

1. Configure the LAN Interface with IP 192.168.200.1/24 on igc0.

2. Assign the Peering Interface on igc2 with IP 10.1.1.2/30 for the peering network between Router A and Router B.

Verify the setup

• Routing ‣ Diagnostics ‣ General

• IPv4 Routes Tab:

  • Verify if the routes to LAN Router A and LAN Router B exist

  • Router A must have a route to 192.168.200.0/24 installed

  • Router B must have a route to 192.168.1.0/24 installed

• Test connectivity with ICMP:

  • Ping from 192.168.1.1 (Router A) to 192.168.200.1 (Router B) and in reverse

  • Ping from 192.168.1.201 (Device LAN A) to 192.168.200.201 (Device LAN B) and vice versa

  • If the ping does not work, look at the installed routes and verify the Firewall rules