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reach the destination router as the measure of distance. Among all the routers reaching
the destination router, the one that crosses the minimum number of hops is considered
an optimal route. e well-known Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is the protocol
that uses the DV algorithm.
By using the DV routing algorithm, a router can perform the following tasks:
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A router in the network stores information of the distances to the other rout-
ers in the neighborhood that are directly connected to it.
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Each router periodically sends its routing table to the other routers in its
neighborhood.
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When a router receives ro