Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] RIP vs Ping

From: Stephen Fisher <stephentfisher@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:36:06 -0700

This doesn't sound like a Wireshark question, but I'll answer anyway 
since I'm not busy.  Further discussion should go off list.
 
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:37:05AM -0800, jose john wrote:

>      Suppose I have a network like lapA-----Router1-----Ruoter2. Both 
>      R1 and R2 have the RIP disabled.

>  Case1: What will happen if I ping R2 from lapA

Assuming you have a default gateway set on lapA pointing to R1, the icmp 
echo will travel to R1 and then to R2 since R1 nd R2 share a common 
subnet and the "connected" route would be in the routing table.

>  Case2. What will happen if the RIP is enabled on R1 and am trying to 
>  ping R2 from lapA?

Same as above.


Steve