BGP and RIP

• RIP precisely monotonically increasing. Can explore metrics (1…N)

• BGP monotonically increasing. Multiple (N!) ways to represent a path metric of N.

• BGP “solved” RIP routing table loop problem by making it exponentially worse…

2117 5696 2129

2117 1 5696 2129

2117 2041 3508 3508 4540 7037 1239 5696 2129

2117 1 2041 3508 3508 4540 7037 1239 5696 2129

2117 2041 3508 3508 4540 7037 1239 6113 5696 2129

2117 1 2041 3508 3508 4540 7037 1239 6113 5696 2129

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