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IGRP Facts

IGRP Facts

Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP) is a dynamic routing protocol that sends neighboring routers updates of its routing table. It is Cisco's proprietary routing protocol, which Cisco recommends that you use instead of RIP. IGRP has the following characteristics:

  • IGRP can handle much larger networks, with
  • a hop count limit of 255 (rather than 16).

    You can also configure the hop count limit.

  • IGRP uses a composite metric (a 24-bit number
  • assigned to each path that can include such

    OSI Model Layers


    OSI Model Layers


    The following table compares the functions
    performed at each OSI model layer.













    Layer Description and Keywords Protocols Devices Encapsulation
    Application

    • User interface
    • Communication partner identification

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    1) Wondershaper
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    Wondershaper
    An easy to use traffic shaping script that provides these improvements:
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