Configuring IPv6 with Cisco IOS
Evaluates the IPv6 architecture and elements, troubleshooting, screening, security and more.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Configuring IPv6 with Cisco IOS
Frequently Asked Questions
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| Q: | What version of the IOS supports IPv6 addressing? | |
| A: | Support for IPv6 began with IOS 12.2(4) on limited platforms. You should consult the Cisco Web site to ensure that your specific router platform supports IPv6. | |
| Q: | Why is support for IPv6 restricted to just RIP, IS-IS, and BGP? | |
| A: | As with any new technology, some growing pains are involved in rolling out new technology. Although this is speculation, the protocols that they chose to write extensions were probably picked because they are open standards that can be used to interoperate with multiple vendors equipment. Support for EIGRP and OSPF will come shortly. | |
| Q: | In previous versions of RIP you could only specify RIP to run as a single process on the router. With the naming of the RIP process IDs in IPv6, does this mean that multiple RIP processes can be run on the same router? | |
| A: | Yes, the new standard of RIP does support multiple RIP processes. However, you must keep in mind the processor and resource utilization that multiple RIP processors will incur and make resources available as... |
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