Routing Protocol Selection

ImageLesson 2: Selecting a Routing Protocol

As you read through this book, you will learn about the RIPv2, RIPng, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, EIGRP, BGP, and MP-BGP routing protocols. With all of these choices (and even more) available, a fundamental network design consideration becomes which routing protocol to use in your network. As you learn more about these routing protocols, keeping the following characteristics in mind can help you do a side-by-side comparison of protocols:

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Vendor interoperability

IT staff’s familiarity ...

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