{"id":4627,"date":"2022-08-09T12:45:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?p=4627"},"modified":"2022-08-09T12:45:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:45:54","slug":"what-is-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"What is RIP ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">RIP- Routing Information Protocol.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">RIP is dynamic routing protocol that uses hop count as a routing metric to find the best path between the designation and the source network.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It works on the network layer of the OSI model and a distance-vector routing protocol that has an AD value of 120.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Routing Information Protocol uses port number 250.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It updates of the network are exchanged periodically and routing information are always broadcast.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Routers always trust routing information received from neighbor routers; hence it is known as\u00a0Routing on<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are three types of version routing information protocol they are, RIP version1, RIP version2, RIPng.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">RIP Version1 is also known as classful routing protocol because it doesn\u2019t support authentication of updated messages.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">RIP Version2 is also known as classless routing protocol it sends information of subnet mask in its routing update.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">RIPng is classless updates are sent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4628 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/routing-information-protocol.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1333\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/routing-information-protocol.png 1333w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/routing-information-protocol-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/routing-information-protocol-1024x489.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/routing-information-protocol-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/routing-information-protocol-390x186.png 390w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/routing-information-protocol-820x391.png 820w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/routing-information-protocol-1180x563.png 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIP- Routing Information Protocol. RIP is dynamic routing protocol that uses hop count as a routing metric to find the best path between the designation and the source network. It works on the network layer of the OSI model and a distance-vector routing protocol that has an AD value of 120. 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