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Information About IRDP

IRDP Overview

How to Configure IRDP

Configuring IRDP

Configuration Examples for IRDP

Example: Configuring IRDP

Additional References

Related Documents

Standards

MIBs

RFCs

Technical Assistance

Feature Information for IRDP


Configuring IRDP

First Published: February 10, 2008
Last Updated: February 10, 2008

The ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP) allows IPv4 hosts to locate routers that provide IPv4 connectivity to other (non-local) IP networks. For a complete description of the IPv4 addressing commands in this module, refer to the Cisco IOS IP Application Services Command Reference. To locate documentation of other commands that appear in this module, use the command reference master index, or search online.

Finding Feature Information

Your software release may not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest feature information and caveats, see the release notes for your platform and software release. To find information about the features documented in this module, and to see a list of the releases in which each feature is supported, see the "Feature Information for IRDP" section.

Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco software image support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

Contents

•Information About IRDP

•How to Configure IRDP

•Configuration Examples for IRDP

•Additional References

•Feature Information for IRDP

Information About IRDP

•IRDP Overview

IRDP Overview

ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP) allows hosts to locate routers that can be used as a gateway to reach IP-based devices on other networks. When the device running IRDP operates as a router, router discovery packets are generated. When the device running IRDP operates as a host, router discovery packets are received. The Cisco IRDP implementation fully conforms to the router discovery protocol outlined in RFC 1256 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1256.txt).

How to Configure IRDP

•Configuring IRDP

Configuring IRDP

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. configure terminal

3. interface type number

4. no shutdown

5. ip address ip-address mask

6. ip irdp

7. ip irdp multicast

8. ip irdp holdtime seconds

9. ip irdp maxadvertinterval seconds

10. ip irdp minadvertinterval seconds

11. ip irdp preference number

12. ip irdp address address number

13. end

DETAILED STEPS

 
Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1 

enable

Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

•Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2 

configure terminal

Example:

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3 

interface type number

Example:

Router(config)# interface fastethernet 0/0

Specifies an interface and enters interface configuration mode.

Step 4 

no shutdown

Example:

Router(config-if)# no shutdown

Activates (enables) the interface.

Step 5 

ip address ip-address mask

Example:

Router(config-if)# ip address 172.16.16.1 255.255.240.0

Configures an IP address on the interface.

Step 6 

ip irdp

Example:

Router(config-if)# ip irdp

Enables IRDP on the interface

Step 7 

ip irdp multicast

Example:

Router(config-if)# ip irdp multicast

(Optional) Sends IRDP advertisements to the all-systems multicast address (224.0.0.1) on a specified interface.

Step 8 

ip irdp holdtime seconds

Example:

Router(config-if)# ip irdp holdtime 120

(Optional) Sets the IRDP period for which advertisements are valid.

Step 9 

ip irdp maxadvertinterval seconds

Example:

Router(config-if)# ip irdp maxadvertinterval 60

(Optional) Sets the IRDP maximum interval between advertisements.

Step 10 

ip irdp minadvertinterval seconds

Example:

Router(config-if)# ip irdp minadvertinterval 10

(Optional) Sets the IRDP minimum interval between advertisements.

Step 11 

ip irdp preference number

Example:

Router(config-if)# ip irdp preference 900

(Optional) Sets the IRDP preference level of the device.

Step 12 

ip irdp address address number

Example:

Router(config-if)# ip irdp address 192.168.10.2 90

(Optional) Specifies an IRDP address and preference to proxy-advertise.

Step 13 

end

Example:

Router(config-if)# end

Exits the current configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Configuration Examples for IRDP

•Example: Configuring IRDP

Example: Configuring IRDP

The following example shows how to configure IRDP on a router: 

Router(config)# interface fastethernet 0/1

Router(config-if)# no shutdown

Router(config-if)# ip address 172.16.10.1 255.255.255.0

Router(config-if)# ip irdp

Router(config-if)# ip irdp multicast

Router(config-if)# ip irdp holdtime 120

Router(config-if)# ip irdp maxadvertinterval 60

Router(config-if)# ip irdp minadvertinterval 10

Router(config-if)# ip irdp preference 900

Router(config-if)# ip irdp address 192.168.10.2 90

Additional References

Related Documents

Related Topic
Document Title

Cisco IOS commands

Cisco IOS Master Commands List, All Releases

IP application services commands

Cisco IOS IP Application Services Command Reference.


Standards

Standard
Title

No new or modified standards are supported, and support for existing standards has not been modified

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MIBs

MIB
MIBs Link

No new or modified MIBs are supported, and support for existing MIBs has not been modified

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RFCs

RFC
Title

RFC 1256

ICMP Router Discovery Messages: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1256.txt


Technical Assistance

Description
Link

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Feature Information for IRDP

Table 1 lists the features in this module.

Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and software image support. Cisco Feature Navigator enables you to determine which software images support a specific software release, feature set, or platform. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

Note Table 1 lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.

Table 1 Feature Information for IRDP 

Feature Name
Releases
Feature Information

ICMP Router Discovery Protocol

10.0
12.2(33)SRA

The ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP) allows IPv4 hosts to locate routers that provide IPv4 connectivity to other (non-local) IP networks.

The following command was introduced or modified: ip irdp.


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