Please read the information covering RIP, OSPF, IGRP and EIGRP.

The links below give

a basic overview of the protocols that we are going to be studying in class. Also, you
may want to use www.google.com or another search engine to look up topics or
references that you do not understand. Keep in mind that you want to know how each
protocol works, what type of protocol it is (link state or distance vector), and the uses for
each protocol. What makes one better or worse to use compared to another?
Routing Basics:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/routing.htm
http://www.ciscopress.com/content/images/chap04_157870233x/elementLinks/15787023
3XCH04.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routing
OSPF:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/ospf.htm
RIP (v1 & v2):
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/rip.htm
IGRP:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/igrp.htm
EIGRP:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/en_igrp.htm
Optional link (the links on the page below cover more topics than what we are discussing
in class and cover the topics we are going over in more detail):
http://www.itprc.com/routing.htm

Questions:
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What is routing?
What is a routed protocol?
What is a routing protocol?
What is an autonomous system (AS) number?
What is a distance vector protocol?
Which of the following are distance vector protocols?
a. RIP
b. IGRP
c. EIGRP
d. OSPF

7. What is a link-state protocol?

8. Which of the following are link-state protocols?
a. RIP
b. IGRP
c. EIGRP
d. OSPF
9. What is source routing?
10. What is static routing? Is it a routing protocol?
11. What is an interior gateway protocol?
12. What is administrative distance?
13. What is a routing metric? Give some examples of metrics that can be used.
14. What is split-horizon?
15. What is a hop?
16. What are holddowns?
17. What is a feasible successor?
18. What is the most important difference between RIPv1 and RIPv2?
19. Which routing protocol was a result of Request for Comments (RFC) 1247 and is
therefore public domain?
20. What is VLSM?
21. What does DUAL stand for? And, what protocol uses DUAL?
22. What is a flat algorithm?
23. What is a hierarchical algorithm?
24. What is convergence?
25. Which protocol(s) work with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)?