comapre OSPF and RIPv1 comparison

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Basics

OSPF and RIPv1 comparison

Characteristic

OSPF              V/s    RIPv1

Type of protocol                      Link-state                                Distance-vector

Classless support                      Yes                                           No

VLSM support                         Yes                                           No

Auto summarization                No                                           Yes

Manual summarization             Yes                                           No

Route propagation   Multicast on change                 Periodic broadcast

Path metric                              Bandwidth                               Hops

Hop count limit                       None                                       15

Convergence                            Fast                                          Slow

Peer authentication Yes                                           No

Hierarchical network               Yes (using areas)                      No (flat only)

Route computation Dijkstra                                    Bellman-Ford