Configuring IPX RIP

IPX RIP is a NetWare dynamic routing protocol similar in function to IP RIP. IPX RIP is a distance vector routing protocol that establishes and maintains IPX routing tables between IPX routers and NetWare servers. We discussed IP RIP and the properties of distance vector routing protocols in Chapter 4. IPX RIP is an interior gateway protocol (IGP). There is no exterior gateway protocol (EGP) routing protocol in IPX because NetWare runs on intranets, not over the public Internet. IPX RIP is enabled on all IPX interfaces by default when you use the global configuration command ipx routing.

IPX RIP was the first dynamic routing protocol for IPX networks, so it lacks some advanced features of newer dynamic routing protocols in ...

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