RIP V1

RIP V2

EIGRP

OSPF

Distance
Vector
Routing
Protocol
Classful
Routing

Distance
Vector
Routing
Protocol
Classless
Routing

Hybrid
Routing
Protocol

Link State
Routing
Protocol

Classless
Routing

Classless
Routing

Open
Standard

Open
Standard

Cisco
Propriety

Open
Standard

Use
Use Multicast Use Multicast Use Multicast
Broadcast
224.0.0.9
224.0.0.10
224.0.0.5
255.255.255.
224.0.0.6
255
Maximum
Hop Count
15

Maximum
Hop Count
15

Maximum
Hops Count
255
Default Hop
100
16 Hop
16 Hop
256 Hop
Unreachable Unreachable Unreachable
Dont
Support
Support
Support
Authenticatio Authenticatio
Authenticatio n
n
n

Large
Network
No Limitation

N/A

Use Area &

Process ID

N/A

Send
Send
Complete
Periodically
Routing Table Updates

Use
Autonomous
No
Send Partial
Update

No Limitation
Support
Authenticatio
n

Send Partial
Update

Administrativ Administrativ Administrativ Administrativ

e Distance
e Distance
e Distance
e Distance
120
120
90
110

N/A

N/A

Use DUAL
Algorithm

Use DIJKSTRA
Algorithm

Suitable for
Small
Network

Suitable for
Small
Network

Suitable for
Medium
Network

Suitable for
Large
Network

Easy To
Configure

Easy To
Configure

Difficult to
Configure

Most Difficult
to Configure

Send Periodic Send Periodic No Periodic

Updates 30
Updates 30
Update Timer
Seconds
Seconds
Hello Packet
5 Seconds
Invalid timer Invalid timer N/A
180 Sec
180 Sec

No Periodic
Update
Hello Packet
10 Seconds
N/A

hold-down
timer
180 Seconds

Hold-down
timer
180 Seconds

Hold-down
Hello Packet
15 Sec

N/A

Flush Timer
240 Seconds

Flush Timer
240 Seconds

N/A

Metric Hop
Counts

Metric Hop
Counts

Metric
Bandwidth &
Delay
Default Also
Load,
Reliability

Hello Packet
Dead Timer
40 Seconds
Metric Cost