Which routing protocol uses hop count as its metric for selecting the best path?
- BGP
- EIGRP
- OSPF
- RIP
RIP (Routing Information Protocol) uses hop count as its metric to select the best path. Hop count is a simple measurement of the number of routers a packet must traverse to reach its destination. However, it may not always result in the most efficient path.
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