Review Questions

1: What port does RIP use?
2: What metric does RIP use? How is the metric used to indicate an unreachable network?
3: What is the update period for RIP?
4: How many updates must be missed before a route entry will be marked as unreachable?
5: What is the purpose of the garbage collection timer?
6: Why is a random timer associated with triggered updates? What is the range of this timer?
7: What is the difference between a RIP Request message and a RIP Response message?
8: Which two types of Request messages does RIP use?
9: Under what circumstances will a RIP response be sent?
10: Why does RIP hide subnets at major network boundaries?

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