Review Questions

1: Does RIPV2 have a larger infinity value than RIPV1?
2: By default, how frequently does a RIP router send updates?
3: How does RIPV2 broadcast its updates?
4: Does RIP understand any network as the default other than 0.0.0.0?
5: How many routing updates can you carry in a single RIP packet?

Answers:

A1: No. RIPV2 still has the maximum hop count of 16.
A2: A RIP router sends updates every 30 seconds.
A3: RIPV2 uses multicast updates, which are sent every 30 seconds.
A4: No. The only network RIP understands as the default is 0.0.0.0.
A5: You can carry 25 routing updates per RIP packet.

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