# netlab 1.8.3: RIPv2, BGP Route Servers

DevFeed: [netlab 1.8.3: RIPv2, BGP Route Servers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/netlab-1-8-3-ripv2-bgp-route-servers-11023.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2024/06/netlab-1-8-3-rip-bgp/>)

Published: 2024-06-17T06:01:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [Release notes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/release-notes.md>), [Debian](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debian.md>), [Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ubuntu.md>)

Tags: [babel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/babel.md>), [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [debian](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debian.md>), [installation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/installation.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [new-features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/new-features.md>), [ospf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ospf.md>), [release-notes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release-notes.md>), [route](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/route.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>), [ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrade.md>)

## AI overview

netlab 1.8.3 adds RIPv2, BGP route server and Link Bandwidth support, and OSPF/BGP validation plugins for several network operating systems. It also updates installation scripts for Ubuntu 24.04 and Debian Bookworm.

## Source excerpt

During the ITNOG8 netlab presentation, I jokingly said something along the lines "all that's missing is RIPv2 and Babel." That's no longer true; someone asked me how hard it would be to add RIPv2 to netlab, and I said, "give me a few days 😎" Other new features in netlab release 1.8.3 include support for BGP route servers (and route server clients), BGP Link Bandwidth community, and OSPF/BGP validation plugins for Arista EOS, Cumulus Linux and FRR. We also fixed the installation scripts to work with Ubuntu 24.04 and Debian Bookworm. For more details, read the release notes. Read more ...