IPv6 over IPv4 GRE

All,

I have basic GRE tunnel question.

R3 -- R1 ===GRE=== R2 -- R4

Between R3 and R1 is IPv6.
Between R2 and R4 is IPv6

I am using a manual GRE tunnel between R1 ad R2 which is only configured for
IPv4 1.1.12.0/24
R1 loopback 1.1.1.1/32
R2 loopback 1.1.1.2/32

Tunnel12 is IPv6 addressed with with IPv4 source and destination.

RIPng is running between R3 and R1....over the GRE...and between R2 and R4.
Everything works perfect.

tunnel mode is GRE

And I get debug detail:

*Mar 1 00:24:46.215: IP: s=1.1.1.1 (Tunnel12), d=1.1.1.2 (FastEthernet0/0),
len 136, sending, proto=47

Notice protocol 47...which I expect.
I did not expect the tunnel to work without setting the tunnel mode to
IPv6IP.

I change the tunnel mode IPv6IP

*Mar 1 00:35:47.387: IP: s=1.1.1.1 (Tunnel12), d=1.1.1.2 (FastEthernet0/0),
len 1020, sending, proto=41
Protocol 41 which I expect.
Ignore the length I was playing with MTU also.

Tunnel mode IPIP doesnt work.

My question is:
Is it wrong to use GRE encapsulation in this scenario?
The only difference I see is that the protocol number is different and it
doesnt follow an RFC i suppose.

Thanks for your help in advance,

Chris

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Received on Sat Aug 28 2010 - 16:37:10 ART