Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
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By
Rajashekar Reddy BusiReddy
Routing Information Protocol
(RIP)
The Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
is a simple, effective routing protocol for small- to medium-sized networks.
By using a routing protocol, routers
automatically share route information, reducing the amount of administration
required for maintaining routes between networks
Metric used by rip protocol was HOP
count.
RIP is implemented
on top of the User Datagram Protocol as its transport protocol. It is assigned
the reserved port number 520.
Maximum hop counts for this protocol is
15 and maximum routers are 16.
Administrative distance of rip protocol
is 120
Updates are broadcasted via
255.255.255.255
Each
update contains maximum of 25 routers
