Distance Vector Link State It Sends the entire routing table It Sends only link state information Distance Vector is slow convergence Link State is fast convergence Distance Vector susceptible to routing loops Link State less susceptible to routing loops The updates are sometimes sent using broadcast Link State always uses multicast for the routing updates It doesn’t know the network topology It knows the entire network topology It is Simpler to configure It can be harder to configure Ex : RIP, IGRP Ex : OSPF, IS-IS Distance Vector Link State It Sends the entire routing table It Sends only link state information Distance Vector is slow convergence Link State is fast convergence Distance Vector susceptible to routing loops Link State less susceptible to routing loops The updates are sometimes sent using broadcast Link State always uses multicast for the routing updates It doesn’t know the network topology It knows the entire network topology It is Simpler to configure It can be harder to configure Ex : RIP, IGRP Ex : OSPF, IS-IS Solution Distance Vector Link State It Sends the entire routing table It Sends only link state information Distance Vector is slow convergence Link State is fast convergence Distance Vector susceptible to routing loops Link State less susceptible to routing loops The updates are sometimes sent using broadcast Link State always uses multicast for the routing updates It doesn’t know the network topology It knows the entire network topology It is Simpler to configure It can be harder to configure Ex : RIP, IGRP Ex : OSPF, IS-IS Distance Vector Link State It Sends the entire routing table It Sends only link state information Distance Vector is slow convergence Link State is fast convergence Distance Vector susceptible to routing loops Link State less susceptible to routing loops The updates are sometimes sent using broadcast Link State always uses multicast for the routing updates It doesn’t know the network topology It knows the entire network topology It is Simpler to configure It can be harder to configure Ex : RIP, IGRP Ex : OSPF, IS-IS.