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Routing Protocols
There certainly are some interesting rules to get used to, which is why it continues to be one of the most confusing subjects for entry-level network engineers and administrators.You should now understand two of the most commonly used IPv6 ranges and applications, and how they can be used to calculate IPv6 addressing ranges.
Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a dynamic protocol used to find the best route or path from end-to-end (source to destination) over a network by using a routing metric/hop count algorithm. This algorithm is used to determine the shortest path from the source to destination, which allows the data to be delivered at high speed in the shortest time.
EIGRP is an enhanced version of IGRP. The same distance vector technology found in
IGRP is also used in EIGRP, and the underlying distance information remains unchanged. The convergence properties and the operating efficiency of this protocol have improved significantly. This allows for an improved architecture while retaining existing investment in IGRP.
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is a link state routing protocol (LSRP) that uses the Shortest Path First (SPF) network communication algorithm (Dijkstra's algorithm) to calculate the shortest connection path between known devices.
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