I know this may be a stupid question, but how does the BGP network statement operates?
H ""John Neiberger"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > 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=29940&t=29667 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
