Routing
Protocol Type

Distance Vector

Link-State

Hybrid

Algorithm

Bellman-Ford

Dijkstra

Advanced Distance Vector

Administrative
Distance

120

110

Internal: 90, External: 170

Metrics

Hop Count

Cost (Bandwidth by default,
configurable)

Bandwidth, Delay, Reliability,
Load, MTU

Convergence
Time

Slow

Fast

Fast

Scalability

Limited to small networks

Good scalability for medium to
large networks

Good scalability for large
networks

Support
for VLSM and CIDR

No support

Yes

Yes

Support
for Multiple Paths

Limited

Yes

Yes

Type of Networks Supported

Small networks with simple
topologies

Medium to large networks with
complex topologies

Large networks with complex
topologies

Proprietary or Standard

Standard

Standard

Proprietary (Cisco)