RIP - Routing Information Protocol

The RIP(Routing Information Protocol) is dynamic protocol. It is classified under IGP(Interior gateway protocol). It is one of very famous protocol used in application layer. The RIP consist of Ver1 and ver2 in it. The Ver 1 supports various features like classless networks and Ver 2 supports classfull networks. It is advance technique of OSPF(Open Short Path First). The RIPng(RIP next generation)  been introduced for supporting IP v6.