Question

Explain the factors involved in selecting a routing protocol to be used on a network.

Answer 1

To choose a routing protocol you should consider these factors:

• Configuration

• Efficiency

• Size and topology

Step-by-step explanation:

• Configuration factor is that how easy is to configure and troubleshoot the protocol. Configuration is a factor need to be in count while selecting a routing protocol e.g. RIP V1, IGRP are easy to configure and OSPF V2 configuration is not simple.

• Efficiency is that how fast it converges? How much bandwidth it uses? how much efficient is that protocol is? Convergence of IGRP is slow and for OSPF is quick.

• Convergence: The process that a routing protocol goes through to alert all routers on the network of the next available path when the primary path becomes unavailable.

• Size and topology means how much large network it can handle and what topology is using is the network a star? partial mesh? full mesh?

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