Definitions for "Routing Information Protocol"
Keywords:  igp, rip, ipx, berkeley, hop
The Routing Information Protocol enables routers to exchange routing tables.
A distance vector, as opposed to link state, routing protocol. It is an Internet standard IGP defined in STD 34, RFC 1058 (updated by RFC 1388). See also: Interior Gateway Protocol, Open Shortest Path First....
(RIP) An interior Gateway Protocol used by TCP/IP to exchange routing information on a small computing network.