3Com Router 3000 Ethernet FamilyConfiguration Guide Table of Contents3Com CorporationiTable of ContentsChapter 1 IP Routing Protocol Overview .................................................................................... 1-11.1 IP Route and Routing Table Overview .............................................................................. 1-11.1.1 IP Route and Route Segment ................................................................................. 1-11.1.2 Routing by Routing Table........................................................................................ 1-21.2 Routing Management Policy.............................................................................................. 1-31.2.1 Routing Protocols and Route Discovery Preference............................................... 1-31.2.2 Load Sharing and Route Backup ............................................................................ 1-41.2.3 Routes Sharing Between Routing Protocols........................................................... 1-51.3 Configuring Bandwidth-Based Unbalanced Load Sharing ................................................ 1-61.3.1 Enabling Bandwidth-Based Unbalanced Load Sharing .......................................... 1-61.3.2 Assigning Bandwidth to an Interface....................................................................... 1-61.3.3 Displaying and Debugging Bandwidth-Based Unbalanced Load Sharing .............. 1-71.3.4 Bandwidth-Based Unbalanced Load Sharing Configuration Example.................... 1-7Chapter 2 Static Route Configuration ......................................................................................... 2-12.1 Static Route Overview ....................................................................................................... 2-12.1.1 Static Route............................................................................................................. 2-12.1.2 Default Route .......................................................................................................... 2-12.2 Static Route Configuration................................................................................................. 2-22.2.1 Configuring a Static Route ...................................................................................... 2-22.2.2 Configuring the Default Route................................................................................. 2-32.2.3 Deleting All the Static Routes.................................................................................. 2-42.3 Displaying and Debugging the Routing Table ................................................................... 2-42.4 Static Route Configuration Example.................................................................................. 2-52.5 Troubleshooting Static Route ............................................................................................ 2-7Chapter 3 RIP Configuration ........................................................................................................ 3-13.1 RIP Overview ..................................................................................................................... 3-13.1.1 Mechanism of RIP................................................................................................... 3-13.1.2 RIP Versions ........................................................................................................... 3-23.1.3 Trigger RIP .............................................................................................................. 3-33.1.4 RIP Startup and Operation...................................................................................... 3-33.1.5 RIP Features Available in V 2.41 ............................................................................ 3-43.2 RIP Configuration............................................................................................................... 3-43.2.1 Enabling RIP ........................................................................................................... 3-53.2.2 Enabling RIP on a Network Segment ..................................................................... 3-53.2.3 Configuring Split Horizon ........................................................................................ 3-63.2.4 Configuring Additional Metrics ................................................................................ 3-73.2.5 Configuring the Route Redistribution of RIP ........................................................... 3-7