This might have in connection with routing loops using RIP.
you can count to infinity 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.............
16
You can't count to infinity because it goes on forever. infinity is just a lazy 8, anyone can do it.
Oh, dude, counting to infinity once is already a stretch, but twice? Like, technically, infinity is endless, so you can't really count to it at all, let alone do it twice. So, yeah, you can't count to infinity twice because you can't even count to infinity once. Mind-blowing, right?
rip hop count is 15, if it reaches 16 it indicates network is unreachable
Forever and ever.
Infinity
No. Because infinity is not actually a number, but rather an indication of a limitless amount, it is mathematically impossible to count to infinity.
6603 RIP
15
The maximum hop count for Rip version 2 is 15, with 16 being unreachable. This is the same as Rip version 1.
A Google search for the phrasehop count limit rip problemsreturns a link which says the following."The hop count limit helps RIP instability by limiting the number of times a message can be sent through the routers, thereby limiting the back and forth updating that may occur if part of a network goes down."