Convergence Question

Rearden

Hi. I have a question about convergence in RIP. I was reading this article: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/intwork/inae_ips_vzbs.mspx?mfr=true and would like to know what would happen if in the example at the top of the page, router 1 had also been directly connected to network 3, say through a switch. Would the new path get ignored because it was coming from the same router that the route had been advertised to?

I'm a little confused on this point, so I apologize if my question doesn't make sense.

Webmaster

If it were connected to network3 through a switch it would basically have a direct connection (from a layer3 /rip perspective) to that network (as well as to router2) and would not need to 'route'. A direct link is automatically preferred over other routes learned through dynamic routing protocols.

Although that MS doc is not a bad article at all, try out these Cisco docs:

Behavior of RIP and IGRP When Sending and Receiving Updates

Routing Information Protocol (RIP)