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<p>The <b>Routing Information Protocol</b> (<b>RIP</b>) is one of the oldest <a href="page.php?w=distance-vector_routing_protocol">distance-vector routing protocol</a>s which employs the <a href="page.php?w=Hopcount">hop count</a> as a <a href="page.php?w=Metrics_%28networking%29">routing metric</a>. RIP prevents <a href="page.php?w=routing_loop_problem">routing loops</a> by implementing a limit on the number of <a href="page.php?w=Hop_%28networking%29">hops</a> allowed in a path from source to destination. The largest number of hops allowed for</p><p>
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