Hi folks, I am looking at doing some IPv6 routing and I'm wondering what the status of the various routing protocols is: 1) RIP is working I've been told (but I don't want to use it) 2) Is BGP working/defined? 3) What about IS-IS? 4) Who is doing production v6 routing at the moment? Thanks for any comments you might have. Niall -- Enigma Consulting
Hi, On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 10:43:47AM +0100, Niall Murphy wrote:
I am looking at doing some IPv6 routing and I'm wondering what the status of the various routing protocols is:
1) RIP is working I've been told (but I don't want to use it)
Might be working, but I won't use it either.
2) Is BGP working/defined?
Yes. Works well.
3) What about IS-IS?
Cisco doesn't have IS-IS for IPv6 yet, and also no OSPFv3 or EIGRP/IPv6.
4) Who is doing production v6 routing at the moment?
Depends on what you call "production v6 routing". For normal definitions of "production", I'd say "nobody" ('cause there are no production qualit routers, almost everything is done via tunnels, etc. etc.) Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- SpaceNet GmbH Mail: netmaster@Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Gert Doering wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 10:43:47AM +0100, Niall Murphy wrote:
I am looking at doing some IPv6 routing and I'm wondering what the status of the various routing protocols is:
1) RIP is working I've been told (but I don't want to use it)
Might be working, but I won't use it either.
2) Is BGP working/defined?
Yes. Works well.
3) What about IS-IS?
Cisco doesn't have IS-IS for IPv6 yet, and also no OSPFv3 or EIGRP/IPv6.
4) Who is doing production v6 routing at the moment?
Depends on what you call "production v6 routing". For normal definitions of "production", I'd say "nobody" ('cause there are no production qualit routers, almost everything is done via tunnels, etc. etc.)
You can use a plain PC with Linux/FreeBSD etc and run zebra to do ipv6 BGP OSPF and RIP2. Look at www.zebra.org
Gert Doering -- NetMaster
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In your previous mail you wrote: I am looking at doing some IPv6 routing and I'm wondering what the status of the various routing protocols is: 1) RIP is working I've been told (but I don't want to use it) 2) Is BGP working/defined? 3) What about IS-IS? 4) Who is doing production v6 routing at the moment? => today you have: - for IGPs: * RIPng (still very used) * OSPFng (only some implementations but should replaced RIPng) * (integrated) IS-IS (IS-IS can deal with any protocol but I don't know a working/used implementation of IS-IS for IPv6) - for EGPs: * BGP4+ (used by almost everybody) * (integrated) IDRP (only one implementation) - for multicast: * PIM (dense and sparse mode) Today RIPng and BGP4+ are the most used protocols on Unix boxes (with free router daemons like gated, mrt, zebra, ...) and standard routers (Cisco has an experimental code which should become a supported product soon). I believe you can find some stats in 6bone documents... Francis.Dupont@enst-bretagne.fr
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 02:02:03PM +0200, Francis Dupont wrote: Folks,
Today RIPng and BGP4+ are the most used protocols on Unix boxes (with free router daemons like gated, mrt, zebra, ...) and standard routers (Cisco has an experimental code which should become a supported product soon). I believe you can find some stats in 6bone documents...
Thank you for all your replies, they've been very helpful. I believe the IPv6 multihoming discussions are still ongoing? Niall -- Enigma Consulting
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