Chapter 7. Routing Information Protocol Version 2

  • Operation of RIPv2

    RIPv2 Message Format

    Compatibility with RIPv2

    Classless Route Lookups

    Classless Routing Protocols

    Variable-Length Subnet Masking

    Authentication

  • Configuring RIPv2

    Case Study: A Basic RIPv2 Configuration

    Case Study: Using VLSM

    Case Study: Discontiguous Subnets and Classless Routing

    Case Study: Authentication

  • Troubleshooting RIPv2

    Case Study: Misconfigured VLSM

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, ...

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