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July 20, 2026

Technical Tip: FortiOS RIP and RIPnG resource list

  • July 20, 2026
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Description

This article provides a centralized list of published KB articles related to RIP versions 1 and 2 for IPv4 and RIPnG (IPv6).

Scope

FortiGate, RIP.

Solution

Title and links

Description

Technical Tip: Configure RIP routing protocol in FortiGate

Provides a visual guide for configuring RIP on FortiGate through the GUI and introduces the main RIP configuration options.

Technical Tip: How to enable RIP on FortiGate interfaces

Explains how RIP is enabled on selected FortiGate interfaces by defining participating networks and interface-specific RIP options.

Technical Tip: How to configure passive interface in RIP and how the passive interface works

Explains how to stop RIP updates from being transmitted through a selected interface while keeping the network associated with the RIP process.

Technical Tip: RIP update timer

Describes how to modify the periodic RIP update timer and documents the supported values within the article's FortiOS scope.

Technical Tip: RIP ver. 2.0 authentication

Provides a legacy RIPv2 authentication interoperability example.

Technical Tip: Explaining the RIP setting 'Enable Default-information-originate'

Explains how default-information-originate controls the advertisement of a default route into RIP and describes the always option.

Technical Tip: Advertising only a Default Route in RIP with prefix-list and distribute-list

Shows how to advertise only the IPv4 default route through RIP by combining a prefix list with outbound distribute lists.

Technical Tip: FortiGate prefix-list example to advertise in RIP only a default route and drop all received RIP updates

Demonstrates how to advertise only a default route while rejecting all inbound RIP route updates on the selected interface.

Technical Tip: Redistribute static routes when filter default route in RIP

Explains how to redistribute static routes into RIP while preventing the static default route from being redistributed.

Technical Tip: Filtering incoming RIP routes using distribute-list

Provides examples of inbound and outbound RIP filtering using an access list and a distribute list applied to a specific interface.

Technical Tip: Offset Lists with RIP

Explains how an offset list changes the metric of selected RIP routes and clarifies the difference between an offset list and a distribute list.

Technical Tip: Split horizon

Explains split horizon and its role in preventing routing loops in distance-vector routing environments.

Technical Tip: ADVPN with RIP as the routing protocol

Provides a configuration example for using RIPv2 between FortiGate hub and spoke devices in an ADVPN deployment, including split horizon considerations.

Technical Note: RIPnG (RIP IPv6) configuration example

Provides a RIPng configuration example with IPv6, including inter-VDOM links, redistribution, distribute lists, route maps, and verification.

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