Border Gateway Protocol.
Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector routing protocol used in local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs) to facilitate the exchange of routing information. It allows routers to communicate their routing tables to one another, enabling them to determine the best path for data packets based on the number of hops to the destination. RIP uses a maximum hop count of 15, making it suitable for smaller networks, but it can be less efficient in larger, more complex networks compared to other protocols like OSPF or EIGRP. Its simplicity and ease of implementation have made it a popular choice in various networking scenarios.
They are best suited for use on WANs.
The de facto standard on the Internet is the TCP/IP protocol suite. It has also become the protocol of choice for Local Area Networks (LANs) and Wide Area Networks (WANs) due to its robustness, scalability, and interoperability. TCP/IP allows for seamless communication between different devices and networks, making it widely adopted in various network environments.
For WANs depending on the protocol the packets can be very different. For LANs, the ring topology insists on special packets proceeded by a "token".
WANS was created on 1949-06-01.
WANs can use FDDI networks
MANs typically cover a shorter geographical range then WANs.
WANs exist over many miles, across several cities, and even around the world
Mieszko was the name of one of the rulers of Poland - http://www.answers.com/topic/mieszko-i-of-poland?initiator=WANS (ca. http://www.answers.com/topic/935?initiator=WANS-http://www.answers.com/topic/992?initiator=WANS).
WANs
9th October 1974
in gok wans house