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How many RIP routes do HQ and the Branch routers each have in the routing table for the
10.0.0.0 network?

3.

All four routers should now have six RIP routes to subnets of the 10.0.0.0 network.

Do all LANs now have full connectivity to other LANs and the Internet? Yes 4.

Packet Tracer Exercise 7-1

Packet Tracer

Activity

Open your LSG02-0701-task2.pka saved version of this Packet Tracer Exercise and complete the steps
in Task 3 and 4.

Task 3: RIPv2 Configuration

Enter the commands on HQ, B1, B2, and B3 to convert to RIP version 2. Make sure that
you disable automatic summarization.

Step 1.

View the routing tables for all routers. Each router should now have a route to all other
destinations or a default route. If one or more of your routes have not yet converged with
RIPv2, use the clear ip route * command to force the router to request RIP updates from
its neighbors.

Step 2.

Your completion percentage should be 100%. You can also check the Connectivity Tests.
All tests should now show Correct status. If not, review the previous steps to see what
part of the task you left incomplete.

Save your configurations.

Step 3.

Task 4: Save the Packet Tracer File

Save your Packet Tracer file as LSG02-0701-end.pka.

VLSM and CIDR

Because RIPv2 is a classless routing protocol, subnet masks are included in the routing updates, mak-
ing RIPv2 more compatible with modern routing environments. Therefore, it is essential that you be
very familiar with two skills directly related to classless routing protocols: subnetting a subnet and
summarizing routes. See Chapter 6, “VLSM and CIDR,” if you need to review creating VLSM
addressing schemes or summarizing routes.

RIPv2 and VLSM

RIPv2 is a classless routing protocol, which means that it carries both the network address and the
subnet mask in routing updates. Therefore, RIPv2 does not need to summarize networks to their class-
ful boundaries.