When configuring supported routing protocols in IPv6, you must create the routing process, enable the routing process on interfaces and customize the routing protocol for your particular network.

Note: The following sections describe the configuration tasks for creating an IPv6 RIP routing process and enabling the routing process on interfaces. The following sections do not provide in-depth information on customizing RIP because the protocol functions the same in IPv6 as it does in IPv4.

To configure IPv6 on a Cisco IOS platform one has to perform two tasks. The first is to create an IPv6 RIP routing process with a specific name. The syntax of the corresponding command is:

router(config)# ipv6 router rip name

This command enters the configuration context for this routing process to optionally configure it further. In its simplest form one has to do nothing here but exit the context again.

The second task in configuring IPv6 RIP is to enable the process on the interfaces involved in RIP routing. In order to accomplish this it’s necessary to enter the corresponding interface’s context and use the following command.

router(config-if)# ipv6 rip name enable

By name one refers to the respective IPv6 RIP routing process.

Examples

a. The following example command creates an IPv6 RIP routing process by the name of “ciscotest”

Router(config)# ipv6 router rip ciscotest

b. The routing process configured in example a) is now enabled on Ethernet interface 0/0:

Router(config)# interface Ethernet 0/0
Router(config-if)# ipv6 rip ciscotest enable