Configuring IPv6 network with RIPng

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Introduction

Routing Information Protocol is a distance-vector routing protocol that uses hop count as a routing metric. RIP is an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) most commonly used in smaller networks. RIP for IPv6 also commonly referred as RIPng is designed to support IPv6 and functions the same way as RIP-v2 in IPv4. RIPng uses FF02::9 as the destination address for RIP update messages.

Requirements

• Understanding of IPv6 Addressing Scheme
• RIPv4 basics

Background

In this configuration example, routers R1 and R2 are connected via fast Ethernet interface.Loopback addresses are configured to generate networks. All the interface are configured with the IPv6 addresses.

Note: All configurations are tested in a lab environment on Cisco 3745 Router operating on Cisco IOS 12.4 version.

Topology Diagram

Summary Steps

In Global Configuration Mode

1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. ipv6 router rip word
4. exit

In Interface Configuration Mode

1. ipv6 rip word enable
2. exit

Configuration

Router R1Router R2

! hostname R1 ! ip cef ! ipv6 unicast-routing -- enables forwarding of IPv6 packets ! interface Loopback10 no ip address ipv6 address 1111:1:1:1::1/128 ipv6 rip RIPng1 enable -- enables IPv6 RIP routing process (in our case RIPng1) on the interface lo 10. ! interface Loopback20 no ip address ipv6 address 2222:2:2:2:2::1/128 ipv6 rip RIPng1 enable ! interface FastEthernet0/0 no ip address duplex auto speed auto ipv6 address 1011:11:11:11::1/64 ipv6 rip RIPng1 enable ! ipv6 router rip RIPng1 -- Configures the IPv6 RIP routing process on the router ! ! end

! hostname R2 ! ip cef ! ipv6 unicast-routing ! interface Loopback0 no ip address ipv6 address 2011::1/128 ipv6 rip RIPng1 enable ! interface Loopback1 no ip address ipv6 address 2020::1/128 ipv6 rip RIPng1 enable ! interface FastEthernet0/0 no ip address duplex auto speed auto ipv6 address 1011:11:11:11::2/64 ipv6 rip RIPng1 enable ! ipv6 router rip RIPng1 ! end

Verify Commands

show ipv6 route rip

This command displays the contents of IPv6 routing table with all the IPv6 RIP routes.

R1#show ipv6 route rip
IPv6 Routing Table - 7 entries
Codes: C - Connected, L - Local, S - Static, R - RIP, B - BGP
       U - Per-user Static route, M - MIPv6
       I1 - ISIS L1, I2 - ISIS L2, IA - ISIS interarea, IS - ISIS summary
       O - OSPF intra, OI - OSPF inter, OE1 - OSPF ext 1, OE2 - OSPF ext 2
       ON1 - OSPF NSSA ext 1, ON2 - OSPF NSSA ext 2
       D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external
R   2011::1/128 [120/2]
     via FE80::C00A:12FF:FE44:0, FastEthernet0/0
R   2020::1/128 [120/2]
     via FE80::C00A:12FF:FE44:0, FastEthernet0/0
R1#show ipv6 rip RIPng1 next-hops
RIP process "RIPng1", Next Hops
  FE80::C00A:12FF:FE44:0/FastEthernet0/0 [3 paths]

R2#show ipv6 route rip
IPv6 Routing Table - 7 entries
Codes: C - Connected, L - Local, S - Static, R - RIP, B - BGP
       U - Per-user Static route, M - MIPv6
       I1 - ISIS L1, I2 - ISIS L2, IA - ISIS interarea, IS - ISIS summary
       O - OSPF intra, OI - OSPF inter, OE1 - OSPF ext 1, OE2 - OSPF ext 2
       ON1 - OSPF NSSA ext 1, ON2 - OSPF NSSA ext 2
       D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external
R   1111:1:1:1::1/128 [120/2]
     via FE80::C009:12FF:FE44:0, FastEthernet0/0
R   2222:2:2:2:2::1/128 [120/2]
     via FE80::C009:12FF:FE44:0, FastEthernet0/0

show ipv6 rip

To display the information about the current IPv6 RIP process, use this command.

R2#show ipv6 rip
RIP process "RIPng1", port 521, multicast-group FF02::9, pid 246
     Administrative distance is 120. Maximum paths is 16
     Updates every 30 seconds, expire after 180
     Holddown lasts 0 seconds, garbage collect after 120
     Split horizon is on; poison reverse is off
     Default routes are not generated
     Periodic updates 213, trigger updates 3
  Interfaces:
    Loopback1
    Loopback0
    FastEthernet0/0
  Redistribution:
    None

show ipv6 rip [name][database]

This command displays the details of the entries in the specified RIP IPv6 routing table.

R1#show ipv6 rip RIPng1 database
RIP process "RIPng1", local RIB
1011:11:11:11::/64, metric 2
     FastEthernet0/0/FE80::C00A:12FF:FE44:0, expires in 162 secs
2011::1/128, metric 2, installed
     FastEthernet0/0/FE80::C00A:12FF:FE44:0, expires in 162 secs
2020::1/128, metric 2, installed
     FastEthernet0/0/FE80::C00A:12FF:FE44:0, expires in 162 secs

Note: To check RIPng timer related information and to check whether any route has route tag set, you can use this command.

show ipv6 rip [name][next-hops]

Using this command, you can check the details of the specified RIP IPv6 processes next hop addresses. If no RIP process name is specified, the next hop addresses for all RIP IPv6 processes will be displayed.

R2#show ipv6 rip RIPng1 next-hops
RIP process "RIPng1", Next Hops
FE80::C009:12FF:FE44:0/FastEthernet0/0 [3 paths]

debug ipv6 rip

To display the debugging messages for IPv6 RIP routing transactions use this command debug ipv6 rip

R1#debug ipv6 rip
RIP Routing Protocol debugging is on
R1#
*Mar  1 04:37:26.710: RIPng: Next RIB walk in 166728
R1#
*Mar  1 04:37:33.794: RIPng: Sending multicast update on Loopback20 for RIPng1
*Mar  1 04:37:33.794:        src=FE80::C009:12FF:FE44:0
*Mar  1 04:37:33.794:        dst=FF02::9 (Loopback20)
*Mar  1 04:37:33.798:        sport=521, dport=521, length=112
*Mar  1 04:37:33.798:        command=2, version=1, mbz=0, #rte=5
*Mar  1 04:37:33.798:        tag=0, metric=1, prefix=1011:11:11:11::/64
*Mar  1 04:37:33.798:        tag=0, metric=1, prefix=1111:1:1:1::1/128
*Mar  1 04:37:33.798:        tag=0, metric=1, prefix=2222:2:2:2:2::1/128
*Mar  1 04:37:33.802:        tag=0, metric=2, prefix=2011::1/128
*Mar  1 04:37:33.802:        tag=0, metric=2, prefix=2020::1/128
*Mar  1 04:37:33.806: RIPng: Sending multicast update on Loopback10 for RIPng1
*Mar  1 04:37:33.806:        src=FE80::C009:12FF:FE44:0
*Mar  1 04:37:33.806:        dst=FF02::9 (Loopback10)
*Mar  1 04:37:33.806:        sport=521, dport=521, length=112
*Mar  1 04:37:33.810:        command=2, version=1, mbz=0, #rte=5

Ping

To verify the reachability between the routers R1 and R2, use the ping command and ping the loopback addresses of the router R1 from R2 and vice versa.

R1#ping 2011::1

-- pinging the lo 0 address of R2 from router R1

Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 2011::1, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!

Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 4/28/76 ms

R2#ping 2222:2:2:2:2::1

-- pinging the lo 20 address of R1 from router R2

Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 2222:2:2:2:2::1, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 4/32/108 ms