Routing Information Protocol

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Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is one of the earliest distance-vector routing protocols used in IP networks, employing hop count as its routing metric to determine optimal paths between routers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf distance-vector routing protocol
routing protocol
abbreviation RIP NERFINISHED
designedFor IP networks
doesNotConsiderMetric bandwidth
delay
load
reliability
encodesRoutesIn distance vectors
hasLimitation count-to-infinity problem
maximum network diameter of 15 hops
slow convergence
hasVersion RIP version 1
RIP version 2
RIPng
isDefinedFor classful routing (RIPv1)
classless routing (RIPv2, RIPng)
isSupersededBy EIGRP NERFINISHED
IS-IS NERFINISHED
OSPF NERFINISHED
metricMaximumHopCount 15
operatesAtLayer network layer
RIPngSupports IPv6
routingDecisionBasis minimum hop count
routingType interior gateway protocol
standardizedIn RFC 1058 NERFINISHED
RFC 1723 NERFINISHED
RFC 2080 NERFINISHED
RFC 2453 NERFINISHED
supportsAuthentication RIPv2 NERFINISHED
supportsAuthenticationType MD5
plain text password
supportsCIDR RIPv2 NERFINISHED
supportsProtocol IPv4
IPv6
supportsVLSM RIPv2
treatsHopCount16As unreachable
usesAlgorithm Bellman-Ford algorithm NERFINISHED
usesBroadcastUpdates RIPv1 NERFINISHED
usesFlushTimer 240 seconds
usesHolddownTimer 180 seconds
usesMulticastAddress 224.0.0.9
usesMulticastUpdates RIPv2 NERFINISHED
usesRouteInvalidTimer 180 seconds
usesRoutePoisoning true
usesRoutingMetric hop count
usesSplitHorizon true
usesSplitHorizonWithPoisonReverse true
usesTransportProtocol UDP NERFINISHED
usesTriggeredUpdates true
usesUDPPort 520
521
usesUpdateInterval 30 seconds
usesUpdateMechanism periodic routing updates
wasWidelyUsedIn small to medium-sized networks

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