ADVANTECH Protocol RIP Router App User Guide
- June 14, 2024
- Advantech
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Protocol RIP
Advantech Czech s.r.o., Sokolska 71, 562 04 Usti nad Orlici, Czech Republic
Document No. APP-0060-EN, revision from 26th October, 2023.
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Danger - Information regarding user safety or potential damage to the router.
Attention - Problems that can arise in specific situations.
Information - Useful tips or information of special interest.
Example - Example of function, command or script.
1. Changelog
1.1 Protocol RIP Changelog
v1.0.0 (2012-01-19)
- First release
v1.1.0 (2012-12-04)
- Added support of module IS-IS
v1.2.0 (2013-01-29)
- Updated Quagga version to 0.99.21
v1.3.0 (2013-11-04)
- Derived daemon Zebra
v1.4.0 (2016-03-14)
- Added support of FW 4.0.0+
v1.5.0 (2017-03-20)
- Recompiled with new SDK
v1.6.0 (2018-08-08)
- Updated quagga version to 1.2.4
- Modified cmd “write” to store configuration via vty
v1.6.1 (2019-01-02)
- Added licenses information
v1.6.2 (2019-08-22)
- Fixed crashing RIP protocol
v1.7.0 (2020-06-04)
- Added support of IPv6
v1.8.0 (2020-10-01)
- Updated CSS and HTML code to match firmware 6.2.0+
- Linked statically with c-ares 1.16.1
2. Description of router app
Router app Protocol RIP is not contained in the standard router firmware. Uploading of this router app is described in the Configuration manual (see Chapter Related Documents).
Due to this module the RIP routing protocol is available. Allows the routers to communicate with each other and react to changes in network topology. The RIP is a distance-vector protocol, which means that routers send each other updated routing tables (don’t know the entire network topology). Searching the shortest paths in the network is based on the Bellman-Ford’s algorithm. The decisive factor is the number of routers leading to the destination network. In terms of safety (protection against routing loops), this number is limited to 15. However, this maximum also limits the size of a network.
RIP router app is based on software called Quagga. It is a routing software package that provides TCP/IP based routing services. The Quagga is composed of several deamons. The most important is the zebra deamon, which collects routing information, cooperates with the system core and adjusts its routing tables. The rest of deamons including the ripd deamon serves as an interface of the central deamon (zebra) for routing protocols. Each deamon has its own configuration file.
For configuration ripd and zebra deamons are available web interfaces, which are invoked by pressing the RIP or ZEBRA item on the Router apps page of the router web interface. The left part of both web interfaces (ie. menu) contains only the Return item, which switches these web interfaces to the interface of the router. In the right part is always field for configuring corresponding daemon.
Figure 1: Choice of web interface
Figure 2: ZEBRA web interface
Figure 3: RIP web interface
Important notices:
- Using telnet is vty interface of zebra and ripd deamons available only via the loopback interface 127.0.0.1.
- New configuration files should be created only by an experienced user!
2.1 Example of configuration
The figure below shows a model situation of using the RIP router app. Then there are mentioned examples of configuration files of zebra and ripd deamons. In this form are entered in the configuration form in the web interface RIP or ZEBRA.
Figure 4: Example of configuration
- Advantech router 1
- Advantech router 2
- Computer
- Ethernet
- VPN
An example of the zebra configuration file (zebra.conf ):
!
password conel
enable password conel
log syslog
!
interface eth0
!
interface eth1
!
interface tun0
!
interface ppp0
!
!
line vty
!
2.1.1 IPv4 Configuration
An example of the ripd.conf configuration file for a device which is referred to as Advantech router 1 in the figure above:
!
password conel
enable password conel
log syslog
!
interface eth0
!
interface eth1
!
interface ppp0
!
interface tun0
!
router rip
version 2
network eth0
network eth1
network tun0
passive-interface eth0
!
line vty
!
An example of the ripd.conf configuration file for a device which is referred to as Advantech router 2 in the figure above:
!
password conel
enable password conel
log syslog
!
interface eth0
!
interface eth1
!
interface ppp0
!
interface tun0
!
router rip
version 2
network eth0
network eth1
network tun0
! passive-interface eth1
!
line vty
!
2.1.2 IPv6 Configuration
An example of the ripngd.conf configuration file for a device which is referred to as Advantech router 1 in the figure above:
!
password conel
enable password conel
log syslog
!
router ripng
!
network eth0
network eth1
!
passive-interface eth0
!
An example of the ripngd.conf configuration file for a device which is referred to as Advantech router 2 in the figure above:
!
password conel
enable password conel
log syslog
!
router ripng
!
network eth0
network eth1
!
! passive-interface eth1
!
3. Basic commands
The following table lists basic commands which can be used when editing ripd.conf and ripngd.conf files and description of these commands:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| router rip | necessary command to enable RIP |
| no router rip | disables RIP |
| network |
sets the RIP enable interface by specified network |
| no network |
disables RIP for the specified network |
| network |
both the sending and receiving of RIP packets will be |
enabled on the port specified in this command
no network
neighbor
no neighbor
passive-interface
passive-interface default| sets all inerfaces to passive mode
no passive-interface
ip split-horizon| enables the split horizon mechanism (information about the
routing is never sent back on the same interface)
no ip split-horizon| disables the split horizon mechanism (enabled on each
interface by default)
version
no version| resets the global version setting back to the default
ip rip send version
ip rip receive version
show ip rip| shows RIP routes
show ip protocols| displays the parameters and current state of the active
routing protocol process
Table 1: Basic commands
4. Licenses
Summarizes Open-Source Software (OSS) licenses used by this module.
Figure 5: Licenses
5. Related Documents
You can obtain product-related documents on Engineering Portal at icr.advantech.cz address.
To get your router’s Quick Start Guide, User Manual, Configuration Manual, or Firmware go to the Router Models page, find the required model, and switch to the Manuals or Firmware tab, respectively.
The Router Apps installation packages and manuals are available on the Router Apps page.
For the Development Documents, go to the DevZone page.
Protocol RIP Manual
References
- Advantech 4G, 5G Cellular Routers & Gateways for IoT applications - Engineering Portal
- Advantech 4G, 5G Cellular Routers & Gateways for IoT applications - Engineering Portal
- DevZone - Cellular Routers Engineering Portal
- Router Apps - Cellular Routers Engineering Portal
- Router Models - Cellular Routers Engineering Portal