Differences between RIPv1 and RIPv2
1. RIPv1:
RIPv1 uses classful routing. The periodic routing updates do not carry subnet information, lacking support for variable length subnet masks (VLSM). This limitation makes it impossible to have different-sized subnets inside of the same network class. In other words, all subnets in a network class must have the same size. There is also no support for router authentication, making RIP vulnerable to various attacks.
2. RIPv2:
RIPv2 is a classless, distance vector routing protocol as defined in RFC 1723. Being a classless routing protocol, means, it includes the subnet mask with the network addresses in its routing updates.
Due to the deficiencies of RIPv1, RIP version 2 (RIPv2) was developed in 1993 and was equipped with the ability to support subnet information and supports Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR).
Differences between RIPv1 and RIPv2 :
Sr. No. |
RIPv1 | RIPv2 |
---|---|---|
1. | RIPv1 is a Distance-Vector Routing protocol. | RIPv2 is also Distance-Vector Routing Protocol. |
2. | The standard used RFC 1058. | The standard used RFC 1721,1722 and 2453. |
3. | It can supports class full network only. | It can support class full and classless networks. |
4. | It does not support for authentications. | It support for authentications. |
5. | It hop count limit is 15. | It hop count limit is 15. |
6. | It does not support for VLSM and discontinuous networks. | It supports for VLSM and discontinuous networks. |
7. | It is less secure. | It is more secure. |
8. | RIPv1 uses Broadcast traffic for updates. | RIPv2 uses Multicast traffic for updates. |
9. | The routing update address used for Broadcast is 255.255.255.255. | The routing update address used for Multicast is 224.0.0.9. |
10. | RIPV1 does not provide trigger updates. | RIPv2 provides trigger updates. |
11. | RIPV1 does not send a subnet mask to the routing table. | RIPv2 sends subnet mask to the routing table. |
12. | RIPv1 doesn’t support manual route summarization. | RIPv2 supports manual route summarization. |
13. | RIPv1 does not support Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR). | RIPv1 supports Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR). |
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