Routing And Switching Questions
The purpose of RIP (Routing Information Protocol) in a network is to enable routers to exchange information about the routes they know and to determine the best path for data packets to reach their destination. RIP uses a distance-vector algorithm to calculate the metric or cost of a route and shares this information with other routers in the network. By continuously updating and sharing routing tables, RIP helps routers dynamically adapt to changes in the network topology and find the most efficient routes for data transmission.