Disadvantages of the RIPv1 Protocol
RIPv1 only understands the shortest route to a destination, based on a simple count of router hops.
It depends on other routers for computed routing updates.
Routing tables can get large and these are broadcasted every 30 seconds.
Distances are based on hops, not real costs (such as the speed of a link).
Patched with split horizon, poison reverse, hold-down timers, triggered updates.
- It continues to be a router-to-router configuration. One router is fully dependent on the next router to implement the same options.
Fix one problem and others appear.