IOS and IPv6

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 12:15:19PM -0800, Merike Kaeo wrote:
> Hmmmm...I'm running a 25xx in a lab which supports ospfv3:
> 
> Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
> IOS (tm) 2500 Software (C2500-IS-L), Version 12.3(13a), RELEASE SOFTWARE
> (fc2)
> 
> routerV6(config)#ipv6 router ?
>   ospf  Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
>   rip   IPv6 Routing Information Protocol (RIPv6)

Well... it's lying to you.  Try actually configuring it...

Cisco-M-XXII(config)#ipv6 router ospf 42
Cisco-M-XXII(config)#

- it should say (config-rtr) here...

> Have 32M/32M memory which is max for these boxes.  Admittedly I am just
> using this box as an isolated lab tester so have limited real routing
> traffic for this particular box [only bgp for v6 is configured so
> far]......

Actually, on most 25xx, 16/16 is max.

Gert Doering
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