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RIP Metric

RIP uses the hop count as the metric (also known as cost) to compare the value of different routes. The hop count is the number of routers that data packets must traverse between RIP networks. Metrics range from 0 for a directly connected network to 16 for an unreachable network. This small range prevents RIP from being useful for large networks.

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