protocols rip interface vif address authentication md5 password

To configure the MD5 key to authenticate RIP packets, use the set protocols rip interface vif address authentication md5 password command in L2/L3 configuration mode.

Command Syntax

set protocols rip interface interface-name vif vif-name address ip-address authentication md5 key-id password key

Parameters

interface-name	Interface name.
vif-name	Virtual interface name.
ip-address	Virtual interface IP address used for RIP.
key-id	The MD5 authentication key identifier. The range is 0-255.
key	The alphanumeric key for MD5 authentication of RIP packets.

Example

This example configures the MD5 key to authenticate RIP packets:

admin@Switch# set protocols rip interface vlan10 vif vlan10 address 10.1.1.1 authentication md5 1 password pica8