RIP stands for Routing Information Protocol that is an old distance vector routing protocol. It permits the usage of maximum 15 routers for hop count as it is distance vector. RIP has 2 versions. First syncs with full updates every 30 seconds by using doing broadcast. Fews updates and brought about are performed by using 2nd version by the usage of multicast. If we evaluate different routing protocols like OSPF, EIGRP and IS-IS. RIP is quite slow protocol. Because of this, RIP is now not used generally by using networking administrations however its understanding is very important if your beginner in the networking field. In this lesson, we will study basic and advance topics of Routing Information Protocols.