Chapter 6. RIPv2, RIPng, and Classless Routing

This chapter covers the following subjects:

• Operation of RIPv2

• Operation of RIPng

• Configuring RIPv2

• Configuring RIPng

• Troubleshooting RIPv2 and RIPng

RIP Version 2 (RIPv2) is defined in RFC 1723[1] and is supported in IOS Versions 11.1 and later. RIPv2 is not a new protocol; rather, it is RIPv1 with some extensions to bring it more up to date with modern routing environments. These extensions are

• Subnet masks carried with each route entry

• Authentication of routing updates

• Next-hop addresses carried with each route entry

• External route tags

• Multicast route updates

The most important of these extensions is the addition of a Subnet Mask field to the routing update entries, enabling ...

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