Routing Protocol Comparison v1.
01 Aaron Balchunas
Routing Protocol Comparison
RIP v1
Interior/Exterior? Type Default Metric Administrative Distance Hopcount Limit Convergence Update timers Updates Classless Supports VLSM Algorithm Update Address Protocol and Port
Interior Hopcount 120 15 Slow 30 seconds
RIP v2
Interior Hopcount 120 15 Slow 30 seconds
IGRP
Interior Distance Vector Bandwidth/Delay 100 255 (100 default) Slow 90 seconds
EIGRP
Interior Hybrid Bandwidth/Delay 90 (internal) 170 (external) 224 (100 default) Very Fast Only when change occurs
OSPF
Interior Link-state Cost 110 None Fast Only when changes occur; (LSA table is refreshed every 30 minutes, however) Only Changes Yes Yes Dijkstra [Link] (All SPF Routers) [Link] (DRs and BDRs) IP Protocol 89
IS-IS
Interior Link-state Cost 115 None Fast Only when changes occur
BGP
Exterior Path Vector Multiple Attributes 20 (external) 200 (internal) EBGP Neighbors: 1 (default) IBGP Neighbors: None Average Only when changes occur
Distance Vector Distance Vector
Full table No No Bellman-Ford Broadcast UDP port 520
Full table Yes Yes Bellman-Ford [Link]
Full table No No Bellman-Ford [Link] IP Protocol 9
Only Changes Yes Yes DUAL [Link] IP Protocol 88
Only changes Yes Yes Dijkstra
Only changes Yes Yes Best Path Algorithm Unicast TCP port 179
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