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

^[1] Supplemental to this RFC are RFC 1721, “RIP Version 2 Protocol Analysis,” and RFC 1722, “RIP Version 2 Protocol Applicability Statement.”