CCNP Routing and Switching ROUTE 300-101 Official Cert Guide

RIPng: Theory and Comparisons to RIPv2

The RIPng RFC states that the protocol uses many of the same concepts and conventions as the original RIPv1 specification, also drawing on some RIPv2 concepts. Table 3-12 lists a variety of facts about RIPv2 and RIPng.

Table 3-12 Comparing RIPv2 to RIPng

The overall operation of RIPng closely matches RIPv2. In both, routers send periodic full updates with all routes, except for routes omitted because of Split Horizon rules. No neighbor relationships occur. The continuing periodic Updates, on a slightly ...