RIP dies on a machine

[cko015]

I have RIPv2 running on one of my machines. If this daemon dies, I know that the router will no longer send updates to this machine, but I want to know if the routing table will remain the same forever on the machine just before the routing daemon went down or will the routes start to time out?

Also on the router, the machine will still be up and communicating with the router right? It just won't subscribe to get the RIP updates, so the route in the router for this machine - will it timeout too?

Thanks for any help.
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[Mohieddin Kharnoub]

Hi

Usually route table entries learned and entered by a Dynamic Routing Protocol like RIP has an age time, not like the static - permanent entries.
And Usually this age time out is a configurable parameter.
Now if any route entry flushed from the routing table, router will wait for other router to send him an alternative path, thats why they call RIP protocol, Route by Rumor.
Unlike RIP, OSPF will send a multicast asking for an alternative path for an aged entry in its routing table.

Good Luck !!!