Foundation Topics
IPv6 is no longer a curiosity that we know we will need to migrate to someday. IPv6 is happening all around us right now. So, we have to be able to support it on our networks. What IGP routing protocol options do we have for IPv6? Well, the common ones we might think of are RIP next generation (RIPng), EIGRP, and Open Shortest Path First version 3 (OSPFv3). The choice of which routing protocol to use will probably be based on what we are currently using to route IPv4 traffic.
However, if you are currently running EIGRP for your IPv4 networks, you might want to stay with EIGRP as your interior gateway protocol (IGP) of choice to support IPv6 traffic. That is the focus of the first section in this chapter.
The second major section ...
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