Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocols RIPng, OSPFv3, and EIGRP in an IPv6 Network Siti Ummi Masruroh Department of Informatics, FST UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia ummi.masruroh@uinjkt.ac.id Fadly Robby Department of Informatics, FST UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia fadly.robby11@mhs.uinjkt.ac.id Nashrul Hakiem Department of Informatics, FST UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia hakiem@uinjkt.ac.id Abstract—A Routing Protocol is a rule that determines how routers can communicate with each other. The development of modern computer networks such as the Internet makes routing protocols increasingly required to find the best and efficient route. This study examined the performance of routing protocols RIPng, OSPFv3, and EIGRP in an IPv6 network by using GNS3 based on parameters of throughput, jitter and packet loss. Throughput is the actual speed of a network, the higher the throughput then the faster the data transfer can be completed. Jitter is the difference in the arrival time interval between packets at the destination node. To get a better value of QoS (Quality of Service), the value of jitter must be kept to a minimum. Packet loss is the number of lost data packets during the data transmission process. To get a better QoS value, the value of packet loss must also be kept to a minimum. The results of this research indicate that the RIPng routing protocol has the highest throughput value, whilst a combination of OSPFv3-EIGRP routing protocols has the smallest jitter value. Lastly, the RIPng routing protocol has the smallest value for packet loss Keywords- Routing Protocol; QoS; throughput; Jitter; packet loss; Routing Redistribution; RIPng; OSPFv3; EIGRP I. INTRODUCTION In large-scale networks a complex routing protocol plays a very important role. The task of a routing protocol is to determine the communication channels that can pass messages from one node to another node in order to get to the destination node in a network. The objective of an efficient routing protocol is to determine the best path between the source node and the destination node, and to maintain those lines [1]. With a routing protocol, communication between nodes can be performed on several different networks. Along with the increasingly rapid development of technology, the growth of communication networks is also getting larger. In modern communication networks such as the Internet network, a dynamic routing protocol is used more often than a static routing protocol. Along with the development of the network, it requires a dynamic routing design that can accommodate these changes without the intervention of the network administrator when the network develops or changes [2]. Some dynamic routing protocols can be used in a network, such as the Open Short Path First (OSPF), Routing Information Protocol (RIP), the Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) and the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP). Each routing protocol has its own advantages and disadvantages. The determination and selection of routing protocols depends on several parameters that affect the quality of a network [3]. The growth of the Internet is very high which also results in the depletion of the allocation of resources in Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4). Due to the demand for content and web-based applications that create a large inventory, fewer and fewer IPv4 addresses are available. IPv6 was introduced in 1994 as a solution to anticipate the problems that existed in the address limitations of IPv4 [4]. Changes to IPv6 also encouraged the development of the existing routing protocols to support IPv6. Some routing protocols that support IPv6 are such as RIPng, OSPFv3, and EIGRP. As each routing protocol has advantages in certain circumstances, then this research will conduct simulation experiments of network performance by applying the incorporation of each routing protocol to obtain a protocol combination that has the maximum performance on the network. It is said that the use of three or more routing protocols can improve network efficiency [5]. This research aims to evaluate the performance of the network using a combination of three types of dynamic routing protocol, namely RIPng, OSPFv3, and EIGRP that already support IPv6 with the parameters of throughput, jitter, and packet loss. The purpose of this evaluation is to determine the best combination of routing protocols that can be implemented in a computer network. II. DISCUSSION In this research we use simulation methodology that consist of the following stages: A. Problem Formulation Increasingly complex network conditions cause a Network Administrator to look to performing a network design with the goal of good performance. Application of a proper routing protocol on a network can help improve throughput and efficiency. The performance of a network can be measured by several variables, namely throughput, jitter and packet loss. The application of each routing protocol has an impact on the performance of a network. The right combination of routing protocols can be expected to provide optimum performance in a network. In [5] has been discussed a performance comparison 2016 International Conference on Informatics and Computing (ICIC) 978-1-5090-1648-8/16/$31.00 ©2016 IEEE