H3C Technologies H3C WX3000E Series Wireless Switches - Manual (Page 178)

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• IPv6 prefix—Destination IPv6 address prefix.
• Route tag—Route tag.
• Prefix len—Length of the IPv6 address prefix.
• Metric—Cost of a route.
RIPng packet processing procedure
Request packet
When a RIPng router first starts or needs to update entries in its routing table, usually a multicast request
packet is sent to ask for needed routes from neighbors.
The receiving RIPng router processes RTEs in the request. If only one RTE exists with the IPv6 prefix and
prefix length both being 0, and with a metric value of 16, the RIPng router will respond with the entire
routing table information in response messages. If multiple RTEs exist in the request message, the RIPng
router will examine each RTE, update its metric, and send the requested routing information to the
requesting router in the response packet.
Response packet
The response packet containing the local routing table information is generated as:
• A response to a request
• An update periodically
• A trigged update caused by route change
After receiving a response, a router checks the validity of the response before adding the route to its
routing table, such as whether the source IPv6 address is the link-local address and whether the port
number is correct. The response packet that failed the check will be discarded.
Protocols and standards
• RFC 2080, RIPng for IPv6
• RFC 2081, RIPng Protocol Applicability Statement
RIPng configuration task list
Complete the following tasks to configure RIPng:
Task Remarks
Configuring RIPng basic functions Required
Configuring RIPng route control
Configuring an additional routing metric Optional
Configuring RIPng route summarization Optional
Advertising a default route Optional
Configuring a RIPng route filtering policy Optional
Configuring a priority for RIPng Optional
Configuring RIPng route redistribution Optional