Why the Hop count for RIP is given 16 as unreachable. One reason for this Count-to-infinity. Is there any other reasons for this?

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Suraj

  • Jan 21st, 2007
 

RIP permits a hop count upto15, so anything that requires 16 hops is deemed unreachable.In other words , after a loop of 15 hops, network will be considered down .

This is used mainly to avoid ROUTING LOOPS

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puneet chawla

  • Nov 4th, 2007
 

because the defined infinite-metric -value for RIP is 16.

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latapaka

  • Oct 14th, 2008
 

It is because, by the hop count reaches 16, the packet will have travelled the globe ...

This is some sort of value determined by simulation ...so beyond that hop, if the packet keeps on travelling, it means it has fallen into some sort of loop...

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mohit

  • Jun 3rd, 2015
 

if we have a finite hop count value(say 10k), it will increase the packet header size.

for normal networks, it is better to give only 2 bits for hop count rather than giving some kilobytes.

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kpc

  • Jun 23rd, 2015
 

RIP official max hop count is only 15. Whatever more than 15 is unreachable.

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RAGHAVENDRA

  • Nov 20th, 2015
 

RIP Max Hop Count is 16 which means 0 to 15. If it crosses that value then network has loop.

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