February 9, 2012

CCNA Routing Protocol Comparison Chart Revised

Routing Protocols Comparison for CCNA

I have always said I was going to make this chart since I draw it on the board for nearly every CCNA class I teach.  Well, here it is.  I may add to it later.
Name Class Type Administrative Distance Metric Classful/less Algorithm Transport Type
RIP v1 Distance Vector IGP 120 Hop Count Classful Bellman-Ford UDP/520
RIP v2 Distance Vector IGP 120 Hop Count Classless Bellman-Ford UDP/520
OSPF Link State IGP 110 Cost Classless Dijkstra (SPF) OSPF protocol 89
Integrated IS-IS Link State IGP 115 Cost Classless Dijkstra (SPF)
EIGRP Hybrid (Advanced Distance Vector) IGP 90 (internal) 170 (external) Composite (BW + DLY) Classless DUAL EIGRP Protocol 88
BGP Path Vector EGP 20 (external) 200 (internal) Path Attributes (Usually AS-Path) Classless TCP/179
There is obviously more to it than what you see here but for the CCNA this should be pretty good.