Routing Protocol Comparisons
| Routing Protocol | Vendor | Type | Metric | Classless | VSLM Support | Route Summarization Support | Algorithm | Convergence |
| RIP1 | Interior | Hop Count | No | No | No | |||
| IGRP | Cisco | Interior | No | No | No | |||
| RIP2 | Interior | Hop Count | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| EIGRP | Cisco | Interior |
Bandwidth,Delay, MTU Reliabilty and Load |
Yes | Yes | Yes | DUAL | |
| OSPF | Interior | Bandwidth Cost | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dijkstra | Quick | |
| BGP | Exterior |
| Route Type |
Administrative Distances |
| Directly Connected |
0 |
| Static Route |
1 |
| EIGRP Summary |
5 |
| External BGP | 20 |
| EIGRP | 90 |
| IGRP | 100 |
| OSPF | 110 |
| ISIS | 115 |
| RIP | 120 |
| External EIGRP |
170 |
| Internal BGP |
200 |
| Unknown | 255 |
Last Updated on Monday, 06 September 2010 21:08
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