What does the RIP holddown timer do?

IT Exam Items RepositoryCategory: CCNA 2 v4What does the RIP holddown timer do?

What does the RIP holddown timer do?

  • ensures an invalid route has a metric of 15
  • prevents a router from sending any updates after it has introduced a routing loop into the network
  • ensures every new route is valid before sending an update
  • instructs routers to ignore updates, for a specified time or event, about possible inaccessible routes

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