On Sep 29, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Jesse Loggins wrote: > A group of engineers and I were having a design discussion about routing > protocols including RIP and static routing and the justifications of use for > each protocol. One very interesting discussion was surrounding RIP and its > use versus a protocol like OSPF. It seems that many Network Engineers > consider RIP an old antiquated protocol that should be thrown in back of a > closet "never to be seen or heard from again". Some even preferred using a > more complex protocol like OSPF instead of RIP. I am of the opinion that > every protocol has its place, which seems to be contrary to some engineers > way of thinking. This leads to my question. What are your views of when and > where the RIP protocol is useful? Please excuse me if this is the incorrect > forum for such questions.
For RIP, the attraction is simplicity, and the down-side is count-to-infinity. If you have a network in which count-to-infinity is a non-issue - often true of residential networks, for example - the simplicity of RIP can be very attractive. If you have anything resembling complexity in your network, protocols like OSPF are far more appropriate.
