The following table lists the differences between the three most popular interior routing protocols:
Feature | RIP | EIGRP | OSPF |
---|---|---|---|
Type | distance vector | hybrid | distance vector |
Metric | hop count | bandwidth and delay | cost |
Speed of convergence | slow | fast | fast |
Routing | classful (RIPv1), classless(RIPv2) | classless | classless |
Updates | periodical broadcast (RIPv1), multicast(RIPv2) | multicast | multicast |
Manual summarization | no (RIPv1), yes (RIPv2) | yes | yes |
Supported on non-Cisco routers | yes | no | yes |
Configuration complexity | easy | medium | hard |