From: Bob Sinclair (bob@bobsinclair.net)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2007 - 09:44:20 ART
Gupta, Gopal (NWCC) wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have a question, why does RIP send the updates with a TTL of 2
> confirmed with Sniffer; or how does it help RIP for its operations ?
> Or does RIP requie TTL of 2 ?
As you say, the TTL is 2 whether unicast, broadcast or multicast. I
have never seen the purpose documented. One benefit: it permits
spoke-to-spoke route advertisement using neighbor statements. The same
is true with EIGRP.
Hth,
--Bob Sinclair CCIE 10427 CCSI 30427 www.netmasterclass.net
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