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
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
IS-IS
linked to: IS‑IS

OSPF
metricMaximumHopCount 15
operatesAtLayer network layer
RIPngSupports IPv6
routingDecisionBasis minimum hop count
routingType interior gateway protocol
standardizedIn RFC 1058
RFC 1723
RFC 2080
RFC 2453
supportsAuthentication RIPv2
supportsAuthenticationType MD5
plain text password
supportsCIDR RIPv2
supportsProtocol IPv4
IPv6
supportsVLSM RIPv2
treatsHopCount16As unreachable
usesAlgorithm Bellman-Ford algorithm
usesBroadcastUpdates RIPv1
usesFlushTimer 240 seconds
usesHolddownTimer 180 seconds
usesMulticastAddress 224.0.0.9
usesMulticastUpdates RIPv2
usesRouteInvalidTimer 180 seconds
usesRoutePoisoning true
usesRoutingMetric hop count
usesSplitHorizon true
usesSplitHorizonWithPoisonReverse true
usesTransportProtocol UDP
usesTriggeredUpdates true
usesUDPPort 520
521
usesUpdateInterval 30 seconds
usesUpdateMechanism periodic routing updates
wasWidelyUsedIn small to medium-sized networks

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RFC 768 usedBy Routing Information Protocol
Routing Table Maintenance Protocol similarTo Routing Information Protocol
RIP fullName Routing Information Protocol