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Old 03-20-2010, 12:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
Default RIP and 16 hops

Why did the developers of Rip come up with the number 180 seconds for the hold-down timer?

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Old 03-20-2010, 12:45 AM   #2 (permalink)

Just a guess, It probably had to do with the speed of wan links when RIP was developed.

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Old 03-20-2010, 10:26 AM   #3 (permalink)

good guess but I am really not sure. Wish I did know.

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