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RIPv2 Summary

RIPv2

The characteristics of RIPv2 follow:
Distance-vector protocol.
Use UDP port 520.
Makes Automatic summarization on network Class boundary.
Classless protocol (supports VLSMs).
Have the power to shut the Auto-summarization And make a configured manual Summarization.
Supports VLSMs.
Metric is router hop count.
Maximum hop count is 15; infinite (unreachable) routes have a metric of 16.
Periodic route updates sent every 30 seconds to [...]