Tag Archives: Router ID

IPv6 Tunneling over IPv4

Availability of the IPv6 among ISPs is improving slowly. Whenever you won’t get as many IPv4 addresses as you need/wish, you can always implement your network to be IPv6 ready. Then, once you ISP catch up, you can start using … Continue reading

Posted in Cisco | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

IPv6 EIGRPv4 with Packet Tracer

For most of the time I use GNS for my network simulations. This time, however, I will use the Packet Tracer, because the GNS, with its IOS image bundled in the package, doesn’t support EIGRP routeing.

Posted in Cisco | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

IPv6 Routing configuration

Keeping things in order First things first. To keep things in order, you need to have some routable IPv6 addresses configured. The link-local addresses will not be routed, so make sure you configure global unicast addresses, otherwise the routeing exercise … Continue reading

Posted in Cisco | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The EIGRP Configuration

The EIGRP uses idea of Autonomous System Number to define to scope of the network and which routers exchange the routing information.

Posted in Cisco | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Further OSPF configuration

I have been struggling with configuration of the OSPF for quite a few days now, trying to figure out how loopback interfaces and hard-coded router-id is affecting the Designated Router election.

Posted in Cisco | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Basic OSPF Configuration

Note: The spelling of the word that describes people who live next to someone is different in British and North American dialect of English. Cisco uses the American spelling in commands and their output. When we talk about a neighbour … Continue reading

Posted in Cisco | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

OSPF

The OSPF is link-state routing protocol. Link state protocol is such that the metric is based on bandwidth, load, reliability etc. of a given link as oppose to number of hops between networks.

Posted in Cisco | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment