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Difference Between Distance Vector Protocol and Link State

The document compares distance vector and link state routing protocols. Distance vector protocols send periodic updates to directly connected neighbors and can suffer from slow convergence, while link state protocols send incremental updates to the entire network, allowing routers to have visibility of the entire topology and converge faster without routing loops. Examples of each protocol type are provided.

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Difference Between Distance Vector Protocol and Link State

The document compares distance vector and link state routing protocols. Distance vector protocols send periodic updates to directly connected neighbors and can suffer from slow convergence, while link state protocols send incremental updates to the entire network, allowing routers to have visibility of the entire topology and converge faster without routing loops. Examples of each protocol type are provided.

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Distance Vector Protocol : Entire routing table is sent as an update Distance vector protocol send periodic update at every

ry 30 or 90 second Update are broadcasted Updates are sent to directly connected neighbor only Routers don't have end to end visibility of entire network. Distance vector routing protocol network may have patch in network carrying wrong information It is proned to routing loops Routing loop avoidance Mechanism used are as below : 1> 2> 3> 4> Max Hop Count Spliti horizon Route poisoning Hold down Timer

Link state protocol Updates are incremental & enitire routing table is not sent as update Updates are triggered not periodic Updates are multicasted Update are sent to entire network & to just directly connected neighbor Updates are carry SPF tree information & SPF cost Calculation information of entire topology Routers have visibility of entire network of that area only. No routing loops Convergance is fast because of triggered updates.

Distance vector routing protocol has slow convergance due to periodic update. Eg. RIP ,IGRP , BGP .

Eg. : OSPF , IS-IS

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