OMPROUTED RIP and RIPng concepts
Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is the simplest routing protocol that uses a "distance vector" algorithm to determine the best routing path. It uses the number of hops, or hop count (also referred as the metric) to determine the best possible route to a host or network. RIP is designed as an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), a protocol for exchanging routing information within an autonomous system (AS).
RIPng is the latest RIP version. It is a routing protocol that exchanges routing information used to compute routes for IPv6 networks.
On a IBM® i platform,
the OMPROUTED TCP/IP server provides support for the RIPng protocol,
and for old RIPv1 and RIPv2 protocols that are also supported by the
Route Daemon (RouteD) server. However, the RouteD server does not
support RIPng to interact with IPv6 networks. You can use either the
RouteD server or the OMPROUTED server to handle the IPv4 RIP versions,
but you cannot use both of them at the same time.
| TCP/IP protocols | OMPROUTED server | RouteD server |
|---|---|---|
| RIPv1 | Support | Support |
| RIPv2 | Support | Support |
| RIPng | Support | No support |
| OSPF Version 2 (IPv4) | Support | No support |
| OSPF Version 3 (IPv6) | Support | No support |
Because there is no tool or automatic process available for exporting a RouteD configuration to an OMPROUTED RIP configuration, you must use CL commands to configure the OMPROUTED server for RIP and RIPng.