Question

Discuss about advantages and disadvantages of distance vector routing

Answer 1

Answer:

Stable and proven method (distance vector was the original routing algorithm)

1 Advantage

Easy to implement and administer

2 Advantage

Bandwidth requirements negligible for a typical LAN environment

3 Advantage

Requires less hardware and processing power than other routing methods

4 Advantage

Relatively long time to reach convergence (updates sent at specified intervals)

5 Disadvantage

Routers must recalculate their routing tables before forwarding changes

6 Disadvantage

Susceptible to routing loops (count-to-infinity)

7 Disadvantage

Bandwidth requirements can be too great for WAN or complex LAN environments

8 Disadvantage