The use of RIPng

[bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com]

On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 10:11:30AM +0200, Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 09:36:40AM +0200, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
> > > > PRO TIP: a router with no IP address configured on any interface won't run
> > > > OSPFv2.
> > > 
> > > Why would anyone want OSPFv2?
> > 
> > Presumably because OSPFv3 didn't use to support IPv4 (e.g. Juniper got
> > their OSPFv3 IPv4 support in JunOS 9.2).
> 
> Thanks for emphasizing the point :-) - I was under the assumption that
> this discussion was about IPv6, not about legacy routing protocols.

	IPv4/6 are not routing protocols...
	perhaps you mean OSPF is a legacy routing protocol, and
	after all, who would ever run a legacy routing protocol.

> So "why would anyone want OSPFv2" (in an IPv6 routing protocols discussion)?
> 
> Gert Doering
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