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title: "What is Routing Information Protocol (RIP)?"  
description: "What is Routing Information Protocol (RIP)?"  
author: "Sandra Emily"  
published: 2022-05-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97100/what-is-routing-information-protocol-rip  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "networking", "network-security"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is Routing Information Protocol (RIP)?

What is [Routing](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/153/the-concept-of-url-routing-in-asp-dot-net-3-5) Information [Protocol](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/22805/what-do-you-mean-by-protocol) ([RIP](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/86520/actress-r-subbalakshmi-passes-away-at-87-rip-to-her))?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- The **Routing Information Protocol (RIP)** is a dynamic routing protocol that finds the optimum path between the source and destination networks by using hop count as a routing metric. It is a distance-vector routing protocol with an AD value of 120 that operates at the OSI [**Network**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96979/what-is-a-network) layer. The RIP protocol uses port 520.
- Network updates are exchanged on a regular basis.
- Routing information (updates) are always broadcast.
- Routing tables in their entirety are sent in updates.
- Routing information received from nearby routers is always trusted by routers. This is also known as rumour routing.

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