Practice The 'Count-to-Infinity' Problem - 6.1.4 | Module 6: Routing Protocols and Internet Architecture | Computer Network
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is the count-to-infinity problem?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how routes maintain themselves in Distance-Vector protocols.

Question 2

Easy

Name one mitigation technique for the count-to-infinity problem.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider methods to manage routing information.

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Question 1

What problem arises during slow updates in Distance-Vector routing protocols?

  • Count-to-infinity problem
  • Routing convergence
  • Loop-free paths

πŸ’‘ Hint: Recall the issue of communication between routers.

Question 2

True or False: The split horizon technique allows a router to advertise routes it learns from a neighbor to the same neighbor.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how routers balance the information they share.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Illustrate a network of three routers (A, B, C), with fixed costs between them. Simulate a link failure between routers and depict how routing tables would be updated over several cycles.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think of how each router views the network independently.

Question 2

Given a system where routers use distance-vector protocols; define a scenario in which the split horizon might fail to solve a routing loop problem completely. Discuss additional techniques.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Reflect on how routers interact in a mesh topology.

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