# RIP Redistribution Rules

The Virtual Router (RIP) - Redistributable Rules page enables you to set conditions by which the current RIP instance determines whether to accept or deny a packet sent by a router running another protocol.

Redistribution is the process of importing a route into the current routing domain from another part of the network that uses another routing protocol. When this occurs, the current domain has to translate all the information, particularly known routes, from the other protocol. For example, if you are on a RIP network and it connects to a BGP network, the RIP domain will have to import all the routes from the BGP network to inform all of its devices about how to reach all the devices on the BGP network. The receiving of route information is known as route redistribution.

The Virtual Router (RIP) - Redistributable Rules page displays the following fields:

Route Map: Indicates the route map used to determine whether to forward or deny packets being sent to the current routing domain from another router running another protocol. See Route Map Configuration.

Protocol: Specifies protocol conditions by which the route map determines whether to forward or deny an incoming packet. Select one of the following:

BGP: Specifies that the route map performs an action only on BGP routes in the network.

OSPF: Specifies that the route map performs an action only on OSPF routes in the network.

Connected: Specifies that the route map performs an action only on routes sent from a router that has at least one interface with an IP address assigned to it.

Imported: Specifies that the route map performs an action only on redistributed routes in the network.

Static: Specifies that the route map performs an action only on static routes in the network.

Action: Click Add to add the rule. After you add a rule, you can click Remove to delete the rule.