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Recipe 6.13 Configuring RIP Version 2

6.13.1 Problem

You want to use the more flexible features of RIP Version 2.

6.13.2 Solution

By default, Cisco routers will listen for both RIP Version 1 and 2 packets, but they will only send Version 1. If you want to configure the router to send and receive only Version 2 RIP packets, use the version 2 configuration command:

Router2#configure terminal 
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
Router2(config)#router rip
Router2(config-router)#version 2
Router2(config-router)#network 172.25.0.0
Router2(config-router)#network 192.168.30.0
Router2(config-router)#end
Router2#

You can also enable RIP Version 2 sending and receiving separately for individual interfaces:

Router1#configure terminal 
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
Router1(config)#interface Serial0/0.2 
Router1(config-subif)#ip rip send version 2
Router1(config-subif)#ip rip receive version 2
Router1(config-subif)#end
Router1#

6.13.3 Discussion

By default, the router will listen for Version 1 and 2 packets but it will only send Version 1. You can run both versions simultaneously on the same interface. However, the router will then have to transmit all updates using both versions, which can cause an unnecessary burden both for the router and the network. In general, RIP Version 2 is preferred, particularly because of the support for modern IP features such as variable-length subnet masks:

Router2#show ip protocols 
Routing Protocol is "rip"
  Sending updates every 60 seconds, next due in 19 seconds
  Invalid after 180 seconds, hold down 0, flushed after 240
  Output delay 10 milliseconds between packets
  Outgoing update filter list for all interfaces is not set
  Incoming update filter list for all interfaces is not set
    Redistributing: rip
  Default version control: send version 2, receive version 2
    Interface             Send  Recv  Triggered RIP  Key-chain
    Ethernet0             2     2                                    
    Serial0.1             2     2          Yes                       
  Automatic network summarization is in effect
  Maximum path: 4
  Routing for Networks:
    172.25.0.0
    192.168.30.0
  Routing Information Sources:
    Gateway         Distance      Last Update
    172.25.2.1           120      01:04:31
  Distance: (default is 120)
Router2#

This command shows that the router is sending and receiving only Version 2 on both interfaces. In this case, the router will reject any incoming RIP Version 1 packets on either of these ports. So you need to make sure that the neighboring routers on these interfaces are also running Version 2.

The second configuration example leaves the default configuration for all of the interfaces except Serial0/0.2, which sends and receives only RIP Version 2:

Router1#show ip protocols 
Routing Protocol is "rip"
  Sending updates every 30 seconds, next due in 11 seconds
  Invalid after 180 seconds, hold down 0, flushed after 240
  Outgoing update filter list for all interfaces is not set
  Incoming update filter list for all interfaces is not set
  Redistributing: static, rip
  Default version control: send version 1, receive any version
    Interface             Send  Recv  Triggered RIP  Key-chain
    Serial0/0.2           2     2          Yes                       
    FastEthernet0/1       1     1 2                                  
   Automatic network summarization is in effect
  Maximum path: 4
  Routing for Networks:
    172.22.0.0
    172.25.0.0
  Routing Information Sources:
    Gateway         Distance      Last Update
    172.25.2.2           120      14:40:28
    172.22.1.4           120      01:06:11
  Distance: (default is 120)
Router1#

Debug traces show which version the router sends and receives for every update:

Router2#debug ip rip
RIP protocol debugging is on
Router2#
Aug 11 14:38:54: RIP: received v2 update from 172.25.2.1 on Serial0.1
Aug 11 14:38:54:      0.0.0.0/0 via 0.0.0.0 in 1 hops
Aug 11 14:38:54:      172.22.0.0/16 via 0.0.0.0 in 1 hops
Aug 11 14:38:54:      172.25.0.0/16 via 0.0.0.0 in 1 hops
Aug 11 14:38:54:      172.25.1.0/24 via 0.0.0.0 in 1 hops
Aug 11 14:38:54:      172.25.25.1/32 via 0.0.0.0 in 1 hops
Aug 11 14:38:57: RIP: sending v2 update to 224.0.0.9 via Serial0.1 
Aug 11 14:38:57: RIP: build update entries
Aug 11 14:38:57:        172.25.25.2/32 via 0.0.0.0, metric 1, tag 0
Aug 11 14:38:57:        192.168.30.0/24 via 0.0.0.0, metric 11, tag 0
Router2#

If you configure a router to listen only for one version, however, it will just drop any packets of the other version that it receives:

Router2#debug ip rip
RIP protocol debugging is on
Router2#
Aug 11 14:43:11: RIP: ignored v1 packet from 172.25.2.1 (illegal version)
Aug 11 14:43:11: RIP: received v2 update from 172.25.2.1 on Serial0.1

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