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Design Problem. Imagine you are the network architect/administrator for a nation

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Design Problem. Imagine you are the network architect/administrator for a nationwide enterprise network that consists of 200 routers placed in offices in every major city. The routers are connected by a private WAN in a combination mesh/star topology. After studying the descriptions and features of each protocol in chapter 4, you must make a choice between RIP and OSPF as the routing protocol for every router in your network. What are some of your considerations, and which protocol would you choose?

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