Understanding Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP) Metrics IGRP uses an equation to calculate its metrics. Metrics then are used by the router to favor a particular route. In IGRP, the lower the value of the metric is, the more favorable the route is. The IGRP metric equation takes into consideration the variables of bandwidth, delay, load, and reliability of the link to … [Read more...]
Understanding Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
Understanding Routing Information Protocol (RIP) This chapter covers the following key topics about Routing Information Protocol (RIP): Metric Timers Split horizon Split horizon with poison reverse RIP-1 packet format RIP behavior Why RIP doesn't support discontiguous networks Why RIP doesn't support variable-length subnet masking (VLSM) Default … [Read more...]