Comparing internal routing protocols (IGPs)
The following table lists the differences between the three most popular interior routing protocols: FeatureRIPEIGRPOSPFTypedistance vectorhybriddistance vectorMetrichop countbandwidth and delaycostSpeed of convergenceslowfastfastRoutingclassful (RIPv1), classless(RIPv2)classlessclasslessUpdatesperiodical broadcast (RIPv1), multicast(RIPv2)multicastmulticastManual summarizationno (RIPv1), yes (RIPv2)yesyesSupported on non-Cisco routersyesnoyesConfiguration complexityeasymediumhard Prerequisites Read more […]