Identifying the classes of routing protocols

Identifying the classes of routing protocol
6.2.4
This page will introduce two classes of routing protocols. Students will also learn the differences between them.
Most routing algorithms can be classified into one of two categories:

• Distance vector
• Link-state

The distance vector routing approach determines the direction, or vector, and distance to any link in an internetwork. The link-state approach recreates the exact topology of an entire internetwork.
The next page will describe the features of a distance vector routing protocol.