• Advance Distance vector Protocol
  • Support for IP, IPX, and AppleTalk via protocol-dependent modules
  • Considered classless (same as RIPv2 and OSPF)
  • Support for VLSM/CIDR, Discontigous Subnets
  • Support for summaries and discontiguous networks
  • Efficient neighbor discovery
  • Communication via Reliable Transport Protocol (RTP)
  • Best path selection via Diffusing Update Algorithm (DUAL)
  • Fast Convergence
  • Partial Updates
  • Flexible network design
  • 100% Free Classless routing
  • easy Configuration foe WANs & LANs
  • Load balancing equal & Unequal Cost pathways